Thanks very much, Mr. Chair, and thanks to the officials for being with us for the second hour.
I want to ask a couple of questions about the coast guard, if I might. I see that we've got a decrease of $30.2 million related to the coast guard vessel life extensions and mid-life modernizations, so I'd like to have some explanation about that. We know that this government has certainly invested a lot in the coast guard compared to what's been done previously, so why are we investing before and now, why are we cutting back? Is this a normal fluctuation within the program?
I guess the other thing along that line is with regard to the mid-life modernization and vessel life extensions, and the winter that we've just experienced with the record ice cover on the Great Lakes, and I'm speaking only about the Great Lakes because that's my area. Could you address that as well? Are there impacts resulting from the very harsh winter that we've had and we know that we've had a lot of icebreaking requirements so far and probably a lot more to come?