Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you for joining us today. These are extremely interesting topics. I also want to thank you for tabling a report recently.
I did some reading to prepare for your appearance before the committee. I spent a lot more time on shipbuilding and Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
I would like to know what challenges you have been facing over the past few years, following the plan established in 2010 to regularize the demand related to the constructions of those vessels. There have been some difficulties according to the reports. Canada is lacking the resources and expertise needed to meet the demand for specialized vessels. Could you tell me more about that?
It's good that a plan was launched in 2010, but if financial and technical means are lacking and the training of human resources is inadequate, it may definitely take more time. We are now in 2016. Our government has been in power for a few months, and we are already seeing rapid advances in the application of principles to meet the demand.
What's your point of view on that? What are the strike plans—no pun intended—of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans?