Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to our witnesses for joining us today.
My questions are coming from Richmond, British Columbia. This study is very important to us and to our marine sector on the west coast. Richmond is also the home of the largest commercial fishing harbour in all of Canada, so much of what you've said is very interesting to me.
I think you answered a bit about the sustainability of shipbuilding, and you went into some length there. What should we do beyond the national strategy? I think you've answered some of those things, but I'm just wondering about recruiting and retaining staff. What can we as a government do to support the recruitment and retention efforts, maybe in partnerships or collaborations with our academic institutions?
As you may know, we have the British Columbia Institute of Technology, one of the best and a world-class trade school. What are your thoughts on that? Are there any partnerships with the academic institutions and the industry? How we can help support that?