Yes, sir, it would be much easier.
The challenge is not agreeing that the chief should have these authorities; the challenge is finding the mechanism for giving the chief these authorities. It could be a legislated mechanism, but I think a simple legislative amendment to the National Defence Act, given the structure of financial authorities in the Government of Canada, would not be sufficient. There would probably have to be a number of different legislative amendments made in order to give effect to that delegation of authority to spend.