Thank you. I'm a stickler for any rule you set, Mr. Chair.
Minister, thank you to you, the deputy and the other witnesses for making time for us today. I am very grateful for that.
Minister, as you know, I am very proud to represent Halifax, the home of Canada's east coast navy. The national shipbuilding strategy has been a tremendous economic driver across the country, but in particular around Halifax and Nova Scotia, creating thousands of well-paying jobs building the next fleet of vessels for our navy. We're seeing the results of that now.
In the last two weeks, we've commissioned HMCS William Hall, which was AOPS number four, into service. Over the weekend, I attended the naming ceremony for AOPS five, the future HMCS Frédérick Rolette. We have three more AOPS to go, two of them for the Coast Guard, and then we're going to turn our minds to building 15 Canadian surface combatants, or CSCs. Could you update the committee on the status of that work with the CSCs, please?