Mr. Speaker, the National Fighter Procurement Secretariat is in place to ensure transparency and due diligence is done in our decision to replace the CF-18s.
Let me just remind the member what the secretariat is. It is: the deputy minister of Public Works; the deputy minister of the Department of National Defence; the deputy minister of Industry Canada; the deputy secretary of the cabinet; the secretary of the Treasury Board; the associate deputy minister of the Department of Finance; the national security advisor to the Prime Minister, as well as many officials; a respected former Auditor General of Canada; and a respected academic.
These are the people doing the work for the government. They are doing substantive and comprehensive work. I would ask the member to give them the time—