Mr. Chair, our department will make sure that we are open and transparent to Canadians. It is one of the reasons we work directly with industry. In fact, we opened up our bases not only to the media but also to members of Parliament. Under the previous government, the Minister of National Defence's approval was needed to visit a base. As soon as I took office, that was delegated down to the base commanders and commanding officers.
In the House of Commons on May 15th, 2019. See this statement in context.