Thank you very much.
Ms. Sinclair, your being the ADM, I think this question would be best put to you.
We have a very strict acquisition regime in this country. We were talking about the lag time for a ship to replace another ship. We all know what has transpired very recently with trying to get shipbuilding capacity back into Canada by purchasing ships that are made in Canada.
When people try to intimate that it takes 10 years to get a ship, well it does take quite a long time to do that because of all the rules we've set up around it. We might be able to go out in a year and a half—well, a year and a half is a bit too short, but two to three years—and buy an off-the-shelf ship that might meet somewhat our standards, probably not [Inaudible—Editor].
Could you address some of the reasons surrounding the acquisition of certain types of ships, and what Canada's policy currently is in acquiring those ships? Could you also address the time requirements?