Thank you, Chair.
Sir, yes, we followed up on that. Transport Canada in fact has owned three surveillance aircraft. One is located in Ottawa and one is located in Moncton. The other is on the west coast. Since 2003 these aircraft have increased their surveillance hours. They've increased their capacity in terms of being able to fly and detect spills in different types of weather. That's partly due to the fact that they've significantly enhanced their surveillance capacity, the onboard equipment. Those aircraft are owned. They are two Dash-8s and a Dash-7. They also will make use of a contract, if necessary, through other government departments, for example, Fisheries and Oceans. If they are doing flights, they'll have them do patrols as well for surveillance.