The quotes you read were the ones that I was going to use. It is highly unusual for an Auditor General's report to have so many positive elements and so many positive quotes. We were quite happy, if anybody could be happy with an Auditor General's report.
For us, it was an excellent report card. It demonstrated the results of what I mentioned earlier in my opening remarks, our approach to smart procurement. It demonstrated that it is worth taking the time and effort to engage early and frequently with industry, to be transparent about the iterations, the approach, and the requirements that we have. More importantly, it's also listening to what industry has to say and for us to make the adjustments necessary to the procurement processes as we go forward.
The other element that was absolutely essential was expertise—third-party experts we retained in order to give us advice all the way through. That was both in terms of what a target state for the shipyard should be and what the fairness monitor we hired should give us in terms of the assurance around the process and for the industry, that we were following all of the process elements as we should and that we took into account industry's comment.
We also had a very strong and robust governance structure, which continues to this day. It is, at the top, a committee of deputy ministers, which I chair, and has quite an extensive set of committees to support all of the elements of the decision-making. We have a very robust escalation mechanism, so that no issue turns around and spins for any length of time. Decisions are made. Also, we report regularly to ministers about the work and the progress we make. The shipyards found the process quite comprehensive, and they, too, found the selection process to be as transparent and as effective as possible.
We now have issued contracts to the two selected shipyards. We continue our ongoing engagement, both with industry, for the suppliers to the shipyards, and with the shipyards, as we progress on each one of the projects that is being undertaken for the construction of the ships.