Thank you very much. That is the essential question. It's precisely why I asked for the opportunity to come before this committee.
My understanding, in my conversations with the deputy minister—who's here with me today—with the CDS and the vice and all of their teams, and with the Communications Security Establishment, is that the funding that is requested in these estimates, that will be authorized through these estimates, is essentially required for us to continue to move forward.
There is a strong sense of urgency among all of our departments and all of our officials. Canada needs to do more, and Canada needs to do it quicker. We need to accelerate. Our capability requirements.... We need to move quicker. The delay in getting access to this funding could have a significant operational impact on the progress that our team is making. That's why I ask for your support.
I'm also quite concerned because the request for funding for Ukraine—$763 million—is vote 10b under the supplementary estimates (B). If that money is not approved in a timely way, that money will lapse by the end of the fiscal year. Ukraine needs it desperately.
I wanted to come before this committee and make sure that you are all aware that there is an urgency in the approval of these estimates.