Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you to the witnesses.
I was interested in the minister's comments about the importance of matching the resources with the job at hand for the armed forces, and I think that's obviously something that has to be taken into account. But recently we've seen reports that the resources available for the frigate fleet indicate that we're likely to have only four coming out of that. Has the plan to build these ships been changed? Can we say that we only require four now, rather than eight? Is this part of the planning, or is there really a need for eight ships for the Canadian navy?