Thank you, Madam Chair.
I want to acknowledge the witnesses here today.
My first question is for Ms. Thomas from the Office of the Auditor General.
Good morning, Ms. Thomas. Welcome to the committee.
I read your report carefully. I was sorry to read your rather harsh conclusions regarding the various departments involved in the national shipbuilding strategy, or NSS.
Your work sheds light specifically on what simply isn't working in the strategy. Let's just say that it's quite strong and very significant. To be honest, the whole thing looks, if you'll pardon the expression, like a sinking ship or a ghost ship. Delays are piling up. There will be colossal cost overruns. To offset all this, the quality of the ships awaiting construction is being sacrificed. This is quite unbelievable.
In your opinion, is it still time to really turn things around?
Can you tell us whether you have moral certainty that the various departments will actually meet the goals of your recommendations?