Thank you.
The next questioner is Mr. Simms, but I first have one very quick question for the minister.
This is with regard to the transfer of the two coast guard icebreakers, the Terry Fox and the St-Laurent, to Newfoundland in 2008 and 2009. As we're well aware, that policy was put in place back in 1997. My concern is not so much with the policy as it is with the jobs of the individuals working on those vessels. Many of them are Nova Scotians, and many of them live in South Shore—St. Margaret's, the riding I have the pleasure to represent. Others live in Ontario, or New Brunswick, or P.E.I.
I think there really does need to be some guarantee that those jobs will remain with the vessels. Some will be lost through attrition. Some people will naturally retire, and some may be transferred to other coast guard vessels. There does need to be some guarantee that those jobs will be secure.