Very quickly, I would like to say thank you for your service, and for that of Captain Bender. I would love to have the opportunity to meet him and discuss his quest to ensure that sailors are treated on an equal footing with our soldiers and airmen. I think it's honourable, and I thank you for raising this issue.
I have some background on the international law of the sea. I just want to make sure, Vice-Admiral Rouleau, that I understand your explanation about jurisdiction versus protection. Are you saying that the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea gives the right for a given nation to offer whatever protections it may on sunken vessels in its own waters, but does not in and of itself protect those vessels?