Thank you, Madam Chair.
Ms. Hogan, I will address Canada's National Shipbuilding Strategy.
You have literally pressed the alarm bells about the significant delays in getting Canadian Coast Guard and Royal Canadian Navy ships underway. These vessels are necessary if we are to ensure safety on the St. Lawrence Seaway, particularly.
Even the Parliamentary Budget Officer mentions that we could have saved tens of billions of dollars. Right now we have two suppliers: the Seaspan Shipyards in British Columbia and Irving Shipbuilding.
I don't want to drag you into the political arena, but can you tell us if more diversity in terms of contracting could have sped up the process that is underway, a process that we can hardly see ending?