Mr. Speaker, there was a Canadian naval task group, comprised of three frigates, a supply ship and a destroyer, on their way to exercises when this tragedy occurred 370 kilometres northeast of Bermuda.
The HMCS Iroquois , Charlottetown , Halifax and Toronto and the ship Preserver participated in the rescue. Sea King helicopters were deployed and, along with the Hercules and an Aurora aircraft, they rescued six of the crew members from two life rafts.
I think we owe our congratulations to the members of the Canadian forces for some fine work.