Thank you, everyone. We are back in session.
Before we start, I want to give personal thanks to our clerks, who have been filling in for the last couple of months beside our valued analysts Ryan and Olivier. The clerks we've had have done just an amazing job, each and every one of them, even though some of them have been here for only one day. They have put through a strong work ethic and have treated this committee as if they were the permanent clerk.
Thank you very much to all the clerks who have filled in for the last months. We look forward to March and having our permanent clerk assigned to us.
Very quickly, we mentioned that we'd get to the budgets for the ships. We've separated them into two different ones. There's the Halifax and Quebec City trip, and then Vancouver and Victoria. The Vancouver and Victoria budget is particularly high. It has planned for an extra day in case we get caught because of weather. Do not ask why we would expect Vancouver or Victoria to be caught with weather, but that's just it.
I'm just looking for thumbs-up. This is only to submit this to Liaison to start the process for our visits to the four shipyards. This has been sent out to everyone. Halifax is $79,612—that's up too. I've looked at the budget, and it seems a bit high. That covers every contingency. For Vancouver and Victoria, it's $95,255, and there's the same issue.
Are we fine for that? It's not setting dates or anything. It's just for us to send it to the Liaison Committee for their approval if we can get it.