Thank you, Ken.
Thank you, everybody, for being here.
Our first study in this committee, of course, was the closure of the Comox base and the consolidation into the Coast Guard base in Sidney. I was pleased to see management at the Sidney facility issue the first quarterly report just the other week. I understand that this is kind of a baseline report. They're establishing the baselines to which they will report in the coming months.
There are still some concerns. We heard from Powell River that there were some issues. I had the opportunity to attend the Sidney facility. It has top-notch technology, top-notch staff. It's a very crowded, noisy room. So, I think that there are some unresolved issues there.
The one, though, that I really want to ask the commissioner about is the question of what progress has been made on stakeholder consultation. Are we out talking to the fishers, the mariners, about the quality of the radio reception, the quality of the information they're receiving, and the quality of the response to calls for assistance? Are we engaged in those conversations?