Thank you, Mr. Chair. I want to welcome all of my friends, not only those seated here at this table, but the ones who are also in attendance. It's important not to play favourites.
I want to begin by saying that I am deeply disappointed that while the acquisition of these aircraft was announced five or six years ago, we are still, unfortunately, only at the starting point in the process, in my opinion, because we don't exactly know what is happening. The goal of today's meeting is to ask industry how it can help Canadians and Quebeckers who are in need of its services.
Major acquisitions in the aeronautics field have been made, but the aircraft that can really help Canadians and Quebeckers who are in distress is the search and rescue aircraft. The objective here is to begin and complete the acquisition process. To my way of thinking, things are not moving along quickly enough.
Are you familiar with the National Research Council of Canada's report? Can you give me your opinion of this report? Are you in a position to carry out all of the recommendations made by NRC?