Thank you Mr. Chairman.
Our Search and Rescue Program is one of the most efficient in the world. I’m sure that no other country has a better network than ours.
The growth of the network remains one of the coast guard’s main tasks. We are currently conducting a study of the needs of the Search and Rescue Program and we hope that the results of the study will be available within the next few months. Until then, we will take certain decisions. We have never asked fishermen to bear the cost of the Search and Rescue Program and, if I understood your question, we have no intention of doing so.
The renewal of our fleet is the main thing to enable us to preserve our response capability and that is quite a challenge.