Thank you, Mr. Chair.
My thanks to both our guests for appearing in front of the committee.
At a previous fisheries and oceans committee meeting, we heard from representatives of the ArcticNet program as well as oil company representatives. One of the questions I asked those representatives was whether they saw the irony in a Canadian research vessel studying the effects of climate change in the Arctic with these oil companies partially financing this program.
I'm wondering if I could ask you the same question, along the lines of the discussion that was just happening. Do you agree that the Canadian public may think it ironic that a Canadian vessel financed by an oil company is being used to study climate change?