Yes. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Retired Admiral Robertson came here a week or two ago. I was very impressed by his testimony. He basically described a long, slow, gentle decline of the navy's capabilities, and that after not such a long time, just falling off the cliff if something isn't done.
I don't know whether you read Gwynne Dyer at all. What I like about his writing is that it's to the point. One of his core points is that the next war will be short and sharp, and that whatever you have, that's it. You're not going to build anything new. That's whether it's jets or ships or whatever it is.
I'm looking at the Library of Parliament's “Royal Canadian Navy Fleet Strength”. It comes up with 12 frigates. We have 12 operable frigates at this point, once HMCS Toronto leaves Halifax.
In terms of Iroquois class destroyers, it says there's one, but I thought that had been retired.
Do we still have a destroyer?