Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Minister, for joining us again, and to all of your colleagues here.
Minister, as the MP for Steveston—Richmond East, I can tell you that shipbuilding is very critical to the prosperity of not just my constituency but to the maritime sector in British Columbia and Canada as a whole. In an increasingly unstable world, the national shipbuilding strategy is an investment in the future of our security, which will create good-paying, generational jobs for Canadians.
Could you please give the committee a general update on the national shipbuilding strategy and its progress?