Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. We'll convene our meeting of the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates.
We're very pleased today to initiate a review or a study of our national shipbuilding procurement strategy. This was a motion or a request put forward by the Liberal Party, by our vice-chair of the committee, Mr. John McCallum, who I'm sure will be joining us soon.
We're very pleased to welcome a large panel of those involved in our national shipbuilding strategy.
I believe we'll hear an opening statement from the Department of Public Works and Government Services, the assistant deputy minister, Mr. Tom Ring.
Welcome back, Mr. Ring. It's a pleasure to see you. Perhaps you could introduce your fellow panellists and then proceed with an opening statement.