Thanks, MP Thompson.
This is an extremely important question. When we look at the shipbuilding strategy, we know that shipbuilding is challenging and difficult work, but we have companies right here in Canada that are working so hard to ensure that these ships are made in Canada.
As of December 31, 2021, we've awarded over $21.07 billion in the national shipbuilding strategy. It's contributed approximately $20 billion, or $1.82 billion annually, to Canada's GDP, and it's created or maintained close to 17,000 jobs between 2012 and 2022. It indicates the importance of this. It demonstrates the economic benefits.
Again, what I would share is that OSI is not a unique example. There are other examples. OSI is a company that got its start from the national shipbuilding strategy. It was—