In terms of the future of the Canadian shipbuilding industry, I really don't think it lies with the commercial markets. And I think that's the issue you're raising: can we generate a commercial market in the Canadian shipbuilding industry through the use of the duty and that sort of thing?
Essentially the capacity for shipbuilding in Canada, as I'm sure you know, has gone down over the last couple of decades. Yet, as I said, we have a pressing requirement to utilize that capacity for some very important safety and security needs of this country in terms of replenishing the coast guard and the navy fleet. To me, that is where government and Parliament should focus in terms of providing a steady stream of government procurement instead of a peaks and valleys type of approach, to provide a steady stream of Canadian procurement to the Canadian shipyards so they can continue to operate a viable business.
If that could be achieved, that would fully use the capacity available in this country to build ships. At the same time, it would certainly be good for Canadian shipowners, in the sense that we will have yards that are practised in building modern technology. Clearly what the coast guard and the navy offer in terms of new technology to shipyards is far superior to what we could provide. The shipyards would then have the ability to provide excellent maintenance services, which we need to keep a Canadian fleet going as well.