Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Through you to them, Mr. Chair, thank you to the witnesses for being here.
In particular, I believe my questions will go to General Thibault, but someone else who may feel that they're better qualified can answer.
I am a great fan of helicopters. I know that as a result of our Afghanistan experience we learned that transitioning people from one place to another utilizing a helicopter saved us a lot of injuries, as opposed to going over land and the IEDs, so I'd like to talk about helicopters for a minute.
First, of course, we've purchased some EH101s. I think somewhere in the vicinity of 50 were ordered back in the eighties and then cancelled at a cost of $500 million, so not only was that not spent, but the Liberal government of the day spent $500 million to cancel a contract, for which we got zero. Now we're replacing them. We've just purchased some EH101s, and I just wonder what that cost was.
Getting back to the Chinooks, I wonder what locations and why the Chinooks chosen were. I think I gave you a hint there. Where are they being located and how will the upgrades to the aircraft make it suitable for the completion of this sort of mission?