National Defence committee  If I may, there are models that exist in Europe, like innovation partnerships in the context of public procurement, including defence procurement. I think on the point about criteria, I don't want to oversimplify this, but it's performance-based criteria versus the very prescriptive, detail-oriented criteria that Mr.

National Defence committee  What's more, this is a field where Canada has a significant advantage over the whole world, not only in terms of equipment, the airplanes we manufacture, but also in terms of systems. Canada has decades' worth of expertise and investment in a field where we really excel—surveillance, anti-submarine equipment and maritime patrol.

National Defence committee  I'd like to say one thing in response to the previous question. The approach we've seen other countries take, especially those that have a local aerospace industry, is to start by having a dialogue with the industry regarding its capacity. If we're talking about maritime patrol aircraft, France is a good example.