You know my opinion when it comes to the history of the military. It's important for us not only to remember history but to teach it and pass it on to our next generations. They need to realize the tremendous sacrifice made on their behalf that allows them to live the life they live, and more importantly, become engaged with how to prevent tragedies where militaries have to go out and go into conflict.
We were very happy and I just want to thank our deputy minister and the team who were able to find a way to support this. A total of $3.5 million over two years has been made available for a trust, of which $1.4 million will be transferred this year. This will be used for repairs that will address areas of significant deterioration for the vessel and extend its life by eight to 10 years. We are very proud that we were able to do this because it is extremely important. I just want to have the deputy minister talk for a few minutes on this.