Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Congratulations.
Thank you very much to our witnesses.
Page 45 of your report says:
Though certain projects materialized primarily due to the pressures of the war in Afghanistan, broad recapitalization, particularly of the RCN and less so of the RCAF, has been the subject of incessant delay and the inevitability of equipment rust out.
I can tell you that as a member of Parliament from the Halifax area with a lot of constituents who either have ties to the navy or are in the navy, or who are in the armed forces in other ways, this is very concerning. I'd like to ask you to elaborate on the particular pressures facing navy procurement and the effect you think it has on navy capability.