Thank you for the question.
On this I can speak to our current situation. I thanked the Government of Canada because it is helping us at this time. Indeed, three allied countries are considering our ships. We're not talking here about a 5- or 10-year horizon. We are producing a vessel at a competitive price, as compared to those produced by other countries.
In my previous position I exported Canadian high-tech products to 15 countries. We won everywhere. We are approaching what we want to do here in Canada with the same vigor.
Earlier, I spoke of
the costing and profit policy.
If the government does not resolve this, shipyards that only execute government contracts will never be competitive internationally.
Take, for instance, an icebreaker that costs $1.7 billion, but can be purchased for $700 million in Europe.