Thank you, Chair, and thank you to all the witnesses for your presentations.
I'd like to start with Mr. Matthews, deputy minister of Public Services and Procurement Canada. Something in your testimony popped out at me that I think is very important as we build ships, if I can use that term. You mentioned that expertise in Canada was nascent at a time when entirely new classes of ships were set to be built in completely revamped and retooled shipyards, and that this led to challenges in planning and some schedule delays. You said you have openly acknowledged these, and that several key risks are being managed. Before that, you talked about the boom and bust cycle of building ships.
I take it that with the national shipbuilding strategy, we have been able to maintain, develop and strengthen what I would call the in-house expertise of building ships in Canada.
Can you comment on that?