Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Minister and staff, it's good to have you here today.
I'm glad you started off in transportation in the Atlantic area, because that certainly is a matter of great interest to all of us who live on the Atlantic coast, given our watercourses. We've had what they call an old-fashioned winter, so we've had lots of time to reflect on many things down in the east.
I would like to ask specifically about the main estimates, the $90 million planned for expenditures for Marine Atlantic. Why is this figure so much lower than the $127 million listed in 2014-15? I know you alluded to it, but I wonder if you could give us a bit more detail on what's going on in this area, if you would.