Thank you.
We heard the deputy minister for the Department of National Defence, Ms. Thomas, state in earlier testimony that essentially time is money when it comes to delays. We know that the Parliamentary Budget Officer has already reported that each ship year that a project is delayed will see production costs increase potentially by tens of millions of dollars per ship.
Through you, Chair, when the deputy minister is doing costing and contingency, how much have they set aside for contingencies related to the surface combatant shipbuilding program and the 15 type 26 ships?