Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to our witnesses for being here.
Before we move on, I just want to correct something. I don't think he really meant to...but we aren't just genning up a plan to use Hercs in fixed-wing SAR. We've been using Hercs in fixed-wing SAR for years, so this is nothing new.
Now, Mr. McDougall, we talked about cost and so on, and you made some statements in your report, which is very good and very thorough, about basing a mixed fleet and so on. I'd just like to confirm that cost consideration was not part of anything you looked at. Yours was strictly technical, and the cost decisions and the cost implications are to be borne by decision-makers. Is that correct?