Thank you, Minister, for coming before committee.
I agree with you. I don't share the politics of doom and gloom. I think there are also opportunities here, and I am supportive. I have spoken before in the House in favour of this agreement, and I know that there are great opportunities as well as we expand also the European markets.
My question was not that different from my colleague's, which was on the two programs that you do have. If there are going to be challenges, and there seems a great concern from the shipbuilding industry, what are we going to do outside the agreement to help that industry?
There are programs out there. I think one of the programs, the SFF, has a $50 million budget, but about $28 million still remains to be disbursed. So what are we going to do to accelerate that? What can we do to help that industry? Is there also going to be an announcement from you, saying that we recognize this is a concern and we are prepared to put moneys as well on the table to alleviate that concern?