National Defence committee  I can certainly say that, of the reserve personnel, many of them are attributed to direct. I don't have a breakdown, however, of the reserves, whether they are direct or indirect. I think Mr. Solomon might have something to add.

National Defence committee  I believe the Congressional Budget Office figures show the tooth-to-tail proportion at 41%, so more than one-third. Looking at the U.K., the most recent estimate I can find is from the middle part of the last decade, but it's also exactly 31%.

National Defence committee  It's actually quite dependent on which type of materiel is being considered. In the case of naval shipbuilding, for instance, you'll see defence inflation rates between 1.2% and 4%. If it's for land vehicles, it's right in line with the economy. It does vary, but as a general r

National Defence committee  That's correct.

National Defence committee  Unfortunately, we won't be considering the difference—or the money lost, I suppose—had we procured sooner. You're right. There is some amount there.

National Defence committee  I can certainly say that ISED has personnel who verify every transaction under defence contracts to make sure there is no double counting and that these funds are actually spent. With regard to the creation of employment and the economic activity aspects, they use a modelling ap

National Defence committee  No, as Mr. Giroux mentioned, that was not included in the scope of our report.

National Defence committee  That's correct.

National Defence committee  I don't have it in front of me right now going back to 2010, but from 2014, we were at 1%, and that's when the change occurred in the definition. I should note that this is a NATO definition. Obviously, it comes from them. It had been the case that you could include these other

National Defence committee  NATO publishes those numbers. They are very easily available.

National Defence committee  It should be about 30% at this point.

National Defence committee  Certainly. The only two I would point out were the two you pointed out earlier. That would be Japan and South Korea. They seem to be doing quite well. I believe it was recently announced in Poland that they've acquired, or entered into an agreement to acquire, new tanks and othe

National Defence committee  In my experience, it seems that almost every country levies some type of program that is similar to the industrial and technological benefits program. We generally refer to these as defence offsets. This is more the norm rather than the exception. It is something that we see. The

National Defence committee  The only thing I would add is that we know that in 2022-23, there was a shortfall, as compared to planned SSE spending, of about $1.5 billion in capital. In 2023-24, the present fiscal year, the main estimates suggest that the shortfall will be about $4 billion. There was over

Government Operations committee  They certainly do have internal estimates of these.