It should be motivating.
I want to turn to the national shipbuilding strategy that all parties agreed to in the last Parliament in the hope that we could create a new system that wouldn't result in boom and bust at the shipyards, but last year we had the first discussions that there might be a gap on the west coast between the production of the offshore fisheries patrol vessels and the new supply ship that might be as long as 18 months. This week we had reports coming from Halifax that the Arctic offshore patrol vessels and the Canadian surface combatants might also have an 18-month gap.
That 18-month gap isn't acceptable for families who depend on those jobs. These are highly skilled workers. We're going to lose expertise in those 18 months in order to produce what we need for the Canadian military.
What initiatives are you going to take as a minister to try to help fill those gaps?