I'm so glad you asked the question, Mr. Chair, primarily because this year is the 100th anniversary of the naval reserve. We should definitely be celebrating Canada's naval contributions, and certainly Nova Scotia's naval contributions as well.
In shipbuilding, we are seeing marked success in the projects under the national shipbuilding strategy. I want to point to the Arctic offshore patrol ships, for example. In these estimates, we're requesting $345 million to continue construction of the three remaining ships. That means there are three ships in the water, which are incredibly important for maintaining a naval presence.
We are also requesting funding for the Canadian surface combatants, 15 ships, to support shipyard and other infrastructure initiatives.