Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Good day, gentlemen. I also want to welcome the individuals accompanying you and who seem extremely interested. They are not missing a word of what is being said.
Luc, you mentioned in your report a $2.3-million amount just for dredging. In your opinion, would it be preferable for dredging fees to be taken out of your budget and allocated to the navy? You could then use the rest of your budget to maintain small craft harbours.
You mentioned a problem you had dealt with, Ben, on the Pacific coast. You talked about adopting legislation under which you could divest yourselves of small abandoned boats. I don't know whether anything has been done in this regard. Once Luc has answered, could you respond to this question?
If there is any time remaining, I will give it to Raynald.