Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Gentlemen, thank you for being here. I think it goes without saying to note that the level of interest represented in the audience underscores the importance of this discussion this afternoon. Canada has a long and proud history of shipbuilding, and it's certainly a reasonable proposition, given that we have the world's longest coastline and the history and the experience, that we should always strive to be among the global leaders in this field.
I wanted to pick up on the questions that my colleague Ms. Alleslev brought to you just a little while ago. Maybe to backpedal a bit, just for the benefit of the committee and Canadians, taking a look at the surface combatant vessels, could you give us an idea, in terms of the overall value of one of these ships, how much of it would be the hull, the engines, the superstructure, and how much of it would be the weapons systems, the communications systems, the high-tech aspect of it? If you were to break that down, even in approximate terms, what would that come out to?