Thanks, Chair, and a tremendous thanks to our witnesses for joining us today. You've each brought a unique and interesting perspective, and I want to say thank you for that.
I have the great privilege of representing Halifax, the home of Canada's east coast navy, the home port, and home to HMCS Sackville, so you won't be surprised if I am going to direct my questions to Captain Woodburn and Commander Brown as we proceed through today.
Wendall, it's nice to see you. We usually see each other at the Battle of the Atlantic event at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. We've been unable to do that two years running now. I look forward to seeing you very soon once we emerge from this malaise that we're all under.
As you know, I've had the privilege many times of being aboard Sackville, including in the war room with the late great Jim Reddy, to hear him wax poetic about the history of Sackville, and its role in Canada's nationhood. It is a remarkable story, and one that absolutely needs to be preserved and maintained. That's really what I want to talk to you about.
I would ask each of you, Captain Woodburn and Commander Brown, to use the time I have for my questions to talk to us about what Sackville needs, and what you feel can and should be done to preserve it, so that its story can live on as the last surviving Canadian corvette.