Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I want to start dealing with a technical issue that I hadn't heard of before. This is directed to Constable Gendron. You mentioned an issue with the pads losing their adherence, as a result of repeated freezing and thawing. I wanted to ask you a little bit about that and whether that's an issue that only arises while the pads are actually very cold or if it's something that occurs even when it's warmer weather, due to the past repeated heat-thaw cycles.
For example, is this something that could occur at this time of year, with a pad that had gone through last winter, having been thawed, frozen, and thawed and frozen again?