Madam Chair, I apologize. I have been around here way too long, and generally speaking the speaker asks the questions rather than the person.
I want to particularly pursue the $3.7 billion, which is in the words of the members opposite “a cut”, when in fact it is a reprofiling. The parliamentary budget officer had been asking for years for that chart that is in the budget, which shows the reprofiling. It is a request on the government's part to have these monies pushed into further years, so that the various procurements we need to secure can be secured.
I would be interested in the minister's comments around that.