Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to each of the guests for being here today. We really appreciate your taking the time and informing us.
To the members of the Canadian Coast Guard, I want to say once again, as my colleague Mr. Small stated, our sincere condolences to the family and to all the members of the Canadian Coast Guard. Oftentimes, people do not perhaps take into consideration the risk that is involved in the service that you provide, but, boy oh boy, for those vessels that are on the water that are in trouble or in a really tough situation, it's the Canadian Coast Guard that's first and foremost on their minds. I want to thank you for what you do, and our thoughts and prayers are with the family of the member who has passed. I wanted to say that right away.
We've heard some stats and some information about how much has been accomplished so far. From what we're hearing, you feel like you're on track to achieve the objectives within budget and on time. Am I misunderstanding that, or do I have a correct understanding of that?
If you were to assess it—and I don't know if that's for the Coast Guard or the department—do you feel like you are within budget and on time in meeting the objectives on the number of abandoned vessels that have been identified and need to be addressed?