Fisheries committee  The person you are referring to works in Sarnia. She also handles coverage of Quebec. However, she has an assistant in Quebec who is also a superintendent, who handles personnel deployed in Quebec. She has another in Sarnia, who handles the same thing in Ontario.

Fisheries committee  I would add that Ms. Kelly has started her French courses. She speaks a little French, even though she does not have the required level of competence. However, she is committed to achieving that level.

Fisheries committee  We are not involved in pilotage reform, but I can assure you that our maritime traffic communication services all have completely bilingual officers who are able to oversee navigation, traffic, transit of a vessel and so on. With respect to the reform of the Pilotage Act, I cannot really comment.

Fisheries committee  I'll have to seek some details and come back to you.

Fisheries committee  Are you talking about the entire national shipbuilding—

Fisheries committee  As you know, we got the approval for the money just last year, and we made an announcement last year on the construction of the new near-shore fisheries science vessel, which is going to be the first science vessel that's hybrid in Canada. The contract was awarded to Forillon. We're progressing on a number of—

Fisheries committee  Yes, it's the first in Canada that will use hybrid propulsion, which is actually a huge advantage for science because it's very quiet, so it allows for the data collected to be very precise.

Fisheries committee  The project was for 20 units. I think we are taking delivery of the 16th one, so it's going extremely well. Those have proven to be very efficient, and both the users and those receiving the service are very appreciative of the boats.

Fisheries committee  I'm not sure of the exact answer. I know we're working on updating our NAVTEX network, but I would have to come back. That's very technical.

Fisheries committee  Again, we're updating the equipment as we speak. There's a project approved as part of our investment plan. I don't know the—

Fisheries committee  I appreciate your concern. We're going to look into that. I was not aware of that issue.

Fisheries committee  We are part of many international associations for standards, such as the international association of lighthouse—

Fisheries committee  Thanks for the question, and thanks for your kind words about the college. Having attended it more than 38 years ago now, I take particular pride in the very essential work it does to support the fleet of the future. As far as more resources around Cape Breton are concerned, through the national shipbuilding strategy we have a new lifeboat at Louisbourg station.

Fisheries committee  Thank you for the question. I can't tell you whether the contracts are in place, but we are as ready as we were in previous years. The Atlantic region, which manages this sector, has all the mechanisms in place to make sure we are ready to do the ice-breaking when the time is right.