Thank you for the question.
In terms of procurement and what we can learn from it, if this process is started or concluded in a more timely fashion.... The original plan began seven years ago. If those steps had been taken in a timely way, we wouldn't be sitting here waiting 30 years for new vessels and now in a situation where we're being told we can't wait. It's because no one planned for us to be ready.
It's not an excuse to keep offshoring. It's a sign that we need a real shipbuilding strategy that works for British Columbians, that works for Canadians. BC Ferries started planning these vessel replacements over seven years ago. There was plenty of time to work with Canadian yards. There was plenty of time to work with the Canada Infrastructure Bank. Fundamentally, because the process was so protracted, there are now questions about capacity at this moment, but there would have been time if this procurement process had been more thoughtful and more timely.