Mr. Speaker, we are on the same committee and we heard from representatives of Boeing. They said that as a result of the failure of the Canadian government to engage them in this process, they were unable to provide the information that would be required for Boeing to participate in the competition. That was the problem.
As far as stealth goes, as the hon. member knows from our committee hearings, there are varying degrees of stealthiness, if I may use that term, and this is a factor for consideration in any purchase of an aircraft. I agree with him on that.
We do need to have equipment that can meet whatever challenges in which we might be engaged. We do need to have a full understanding and a full representation of the options and challenges. It needs to be laid out so a proper decision can be made, not just taking one particular issue and saying that proves we obviously need to have this F-35. That is not the way this is done. I do not think it should be done in the House either.