Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Minister, for your presentation.
I'd like to go back to the issue of patrol, if I could, because I think that's the area where a lot of people are going to be concerned. I have people in Newmarket—Aurora who are very concerned about the environment and how we're going to protect it. This issue of the Arctic is not new. The issue has been surfacing, if I may use the word, for quite a number of years. Previous governments have done studies on it.
My first question is this. What did the previous governments do to prepare for this? Has there been any preparation? My understanding is that the last ship that was built, the last heavy icebreaker, was built in 1983. So we're behind the times in preparing for this, I would suggest.
Have you any comments on that?