Madam Speaker, just by way of history, I will say that the previous Liberal government actually doubled defence spending over the 10 years that Trudeau was prime minister, but we did not see a noticeable change. The reason was that there was a financial commitment but we did not have a process that was able to dispatch the funding in a good way. It certainly did not work then, and it now needs to be amplified, given the situation we all find ourselves in with the global security environment.
With regard to the member's concerns, I will say that clause 9 in the bill is clear and unambiguous that the minister would have the ability to direct the corporation and that the direction is deemed to be in the best interests of the corporation. There would be an unambiguous tie to the government, to quell her concern.