The cluster is made up of approximately 50 companies and growing, all dedicated to harsh-environment technology and the development of marine technology. Apart from our centre, there's also the entire Marine Institute, and the National Research Council's Institute for Ocean Technology, which has the largest ice and wave tanks in the world, where a tremendous amount of research is going on in terms of really looking at evacuation and survival in the Arctic. There are companies that are designing specialist radars that are high fidelity and designed for primarily operating in ice, which are very good products. You're looking at companies that are also interested in monitoring systems for ships in the Arctic for continuous tracking of where they are. I think that's also something that's vital for ensuring Canada's primacy in the Arctic, that we know who's there, we know where they are all the time.
On October 27th, 2009. See this statement in context.