Thanks very much, Mr. Chair.
Having asked a bit about research and development, I want to ask a bit more about maintenance. This is in terms of the declining capacity of the Canadian navy to do its own maintenance and the question of maintenance of the new ships that come into service. What we're seeing is a tendency for some of the companies that build equipment to say that they must do the maintenance. What I've heard a lot, especially on the west coast, is that we are going to be dependent on private contractors and, in some cases, foreign companies to do the maintenance of our key naval facilities.
I wonder whether you share those concerns that I'm hearing locally.