National Defence committee  No, we did not conduct any audits regarding the purchase of trucks.

National Defence committee  No.

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, I would refer the honourable member to page 19, exhibit 5.3, where we have some specific examples concerning equipment that has not yet become part of the OWSM framework. I will just read a section of paragraph 5.45. National Defence had attempted to enter into nine OWSM contracts by December 2005.

National Defence committee  Yes, that is an example of better performance concerning the management of contracts by private companies.

National Defence committee  We are currently in the process of auditing that procurement.

National Defence committee  No, we did not do that audit.

National Defence committee  Certainly. Maybe I'd just second, Mr. Chair, what the honourable member had to say about the maintainers. We have visited many bases, and they are top-notch, best in the world at what they do. The optimization of the resources goes on every day within the military. You visit a base and you will see that they will prioritize the maintenance and repair of their equipment based on what they have to do in the next week, month, six months, year, and so on.

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, I'm not sure that in this particular chapter we said there was no long-term plan. The Canadian defence strategy does set out a long-term plan with respect to the acquisitions for National Defence and the amount of funding that is going to go with those acquisitions. So there is a long-term plan, in terms of acquisitions.

National Defence committee  Mr. Chair, I think we have to distinguish between the ability of the technicians to prioritize and meet those priorities with the equipment at hand, to make sure it's available, versus ensuring that across the range of fleets a high serviceability level is being maintained. The OWSM and the ISSCF, when fully instituted, would allow National Defence to maintain a high serviceability level, a high performance level across the fleets, and, in the case of an operation, be able to reallocate the resources in order to meet that higher operational tempo.

National Defence committee  Defence Construction Canada was not involved in this audit.

National Defence committee  No, we have not had any observations about that. It would strike me as surprising, though.

National Defence committee  No, we did not make that observation.

National Defence committee  We have not received a copy of the action plan yet.

National Defence committee  This report was tabled November 2011.

National Defence committee  I know members don't have the audit in front of them, but for the record I would refer to paragraph 5.39 of our chapter, on page 17, through to probably paragraph 5.43, where we talk about that in particular. If you want, you could go back and take a look at that. Historically, National Defence has relied on the private sector to maintain and repair equipment, mostly what they call third- and fourth-line services.