Thank you.
I'm going to start by saying that today is Navy Appreciation Day, so I'm going to express my appreciation for the good work of the Royal Canadian Navy and especially for the men and women in uniform who do that service for Canadians.
Last week, Vice-Admiral Norman acknowledged that delays in replacing ships and the retirement of four ships was going to be creating some real challenges for having a fully functioning navy in terms of being able to resupply our ships and in terms of aerial defence with the destroyers, with there being a five to seven, eight, nine years' gap in having essential ships in the navy.
Are there any short-term solutions to that problem expressed in the supplementary estimates?