Certainly today all our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Fort McMurray and the surrounding areas, who are now getting evacuation orders, and to the first responders and the members of the Canadian Armed Forces who are helping with those efforts.
Seeing the efforts on the news last night and this morning, I noticed that some Griffon helicopters were being used in the search and rescue operation there. That reminds us of the previous procurement of the Cormorants. The military had recommended that in order to do its job, 18 Cormorants were required. This committee travelled out to Newfoundland. We learned that for every three Cormorant helicopters they had, only one could be in the air, because they had to cannibalize the others for parts.
My question, first of all, is this. What is the number of Cormorants actually available to the Canadian Armed Forces to do their search and rescue operations?