Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Mitchell, I want to come back to the Nipigon, which was sunk off the coast of Sainte‑Luce‑sur‑Mer in 2003. Initially, the estimated project cost was approximately $1 million. I think the project took five or six years to complete.
Previously, we heard that since 2016, $2.2 billion had been allocated to address the ghost ship issue. We were told that some results had been achieved. We were given a chart and told that about 100 ships had been removed from the water. We were also told that there are currently no tools to trace ghost ships.
What's your take on this? That's a lot of money, $2.2 billion. Are the funds being used in the right place? Or are they misdirected? Do we have the technology we need? Where do you think the problem lies?