Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Minister, thank you for appearing today. Admiral, it's also delightful to see you. And, gentlemen, thank you all very much for coming.
Having been at the lower end of this scale in working budgets at LFC and the Canadian Forces College, I really understand some of the challenges you have to face. I was at the bottom end of that, so I can certainly imagine what the challenges are at the top end of this pyramid.
Minister, in supplementary estimates (B), there's a transfer to Natural Resources to support the construction of the Canadian Forces arctic training centre, and on that I have a couple of questions. The first is, what overall purpose would this training centre serve in the Arctic? Second, sir, when will the centre be available for operations?