Well, in fact it's what we're doing, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Harris, you would know that the announcement that was made this spring, just a few weeks ago, focused specifically on ensuring that we continue to make necessary—I'd be the first to acknowledge—investments in equipment and in terms of the readiness, the procurements you've already mentioned that are ongoing. Much of this is going to require a greater coordination, hence the quadrennial review, which is meant to bring all of the participants and stakeholders of SAR around the table. This process has now commenced. It will run over the next number of months. It will allow us to have a deep dive into what the necessary investments are to reach that important sustainability which the Auditor General spoke of.
He did, you will know, say that search and rescue is working, and we have, in fact, one of the best search and rescue systems in the world, given the size of our country, our coastline. Twenty thousand people access our search and rescue system just at the federal level, and there is, of course, responsibility for provincial ground search and rescue.
It's bringing everybody together, making more investments in modern technology, including the use of satellites, where we have announced investments, more beacons. A lot can be done on the prevention side, so a public education component will be part of this quadrennial review, in addition, as you mentioned, to investments in both personnel and equipment, the enablers for search and rescue.