Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I would like to share my time with my colleague. I will take the first five minutes, and she will take the two remaining. I would like to welcome our high-ranking officers. I had a look at your track records, and they are pretty impressive.
My first question is for Vice-Admiral Robertson. You talked about the acquisition of the three JSSs, the Joint Support Ships. I would like to know whether this type of ship could be integrated in the operations in Afghanistan, if you could use them? Would these ships be useful to you right now, as part of Canada’s operations in Afghanistan?