Madam Chair, our government takes its military advice from the military. The military advice we get comes directly from the chief of the defence staff, who represents our Canadian Armed Forces.
Through our government process with respect to national defence, we create the requirements we want. Through those requirements, we pass off the process for the competition to the minister of procurement. That is exactly what is happening, and I am very proud of that work.
We will have an open competition to select the best aircraft for our air force.