Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I'd like to start off by thanking the three of you for your service and for appearing before the committee today and for the very frank and open opinions and discussion on what you think our navy needs.
I hail from a riding on Vancouver Island, which neighbours Mr. Garrison's, who is the regular member of this committee and his riding is home to CFB Esquimalt.
My riding includes the city of Langford. A lot of people there are either directly or indirectly employed at CFB Esquimalt, and I can tell you that when I was out knocking on doors I certainly heard an earful about the state of our navy, a lot of opinions on what we needed, and a lot of those opinions closely mirrored the testimony you've given today.
Admiral Robertson, you did appear last month before the standing Senate committee and I'm guessing that your testimony from that period has not changed much to date. You're still very much of the same opinions.