Madam Chair, I want to thank the hon. member for his service in the Canadian Armed Forces and his resounding advocacy for search and rescue, especially for 435 Squadron, which lost two of its members in accidents. It just goes to show the tremendous work that our search and rescue technicians do on a daily basis. They do get deployed quite regularly, so it is important for us to ensure they have the appropriate equipment to carry out their very difficult work.
The fixed-wing search and rescue aircraft is going to revolutionize how we do search and rescue. No longer is it going to be strictly by looking out the aircraft with binoculars. We are using the same type of technology we use when it comes to dealing with adversaries. We are using that technology to locate hikers who are missing or downed aircraft. One thing I am particularly impressed with is what members will be able to do with this type of technology. It will save a lot more lives. It just goes to show that when we give the right tools to our Canadian Armed Forces members, they will do wonders for us.
I want to give a huge shout-out to all our fixed-wing search and rescue folks who will be working on this project, because they will put the ingenuity into this and ensure they continue to save Canadian lives.