Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Christie, thank you for being here to talk to us about one of the most important sectors that involve Canada's outreach. Unfortunately—and this was confirmed by a 2010 Deloitte & Touche Inc. audit, and by the Emerson report—your sector has been considerably neglected by the current government.
I would like us to broach the matter of the Strategic Aerospace and Defence Initiative. In fact, the program reached its peak in 2012. Currently a curtailment has been announced.
Could you give us some idea of the repercussions of this announced decline, and of your concerns in that regard?