There is always room for coastal communities to be engaged in supporting naval preparedness, and certainly your area of Vancouver has done so, as you have highlighted—thank you for it—and will continue to do so. We have major shipbuilding programs ongoing in Vancouver, of course, but beyond that, just in terms of providing defence and security in Asia-Pacific, both human and national, your area, as mariners contributing to the surveillance of our region, is very key.
On November 22nd, 2016. See this statement in context.