Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Giroux, we are pleased to welcome you to the committee.
I'd like to start by going back to one of the issues that Mrs. Vignola raised.
On page 5 of your report, you note that the project cost for one polar icebreaker was estimated by the previous Conservative government to be $720 million in 2008. Was there any independent estimate of costs in 2008 that validated this amount?