That's my estimation.
I think back to the time of the F-35 over a decade ago. I think if we had had a committee with all political parties involved in the spirt of goodwill to try to do the right thing, we would have realized that if the U.S. was going with F-35s, Canada was going with F-35s. We would have worked out a way to make sure that the taxpayers were protected, as well as getting the best fighter jet for Canadians and for the military.
Maybe it's not lost on us yet that we can make some changes going into the future.
The other thing was touched on by Mr. McCauley as well. The secrecy is very frustrating. When different civil servants come here—I'm sure they're all great people—you get no answers on anything. There's no transparency. You have decisions costing billions of dollars, and maybe one or two cabinet ministers know exactly what's going on. It's maybe one or maybe two.
In the public service, how many know exactly? It's way too much power and way too much secrecy for that kind of money getting spent.
Are there any thoughts on that? Anybody can answer that one.