Fisheries committee  Yes.

Fisheries committee  That's correct.

Fisheries committee  We have the polar icebreaker, which was announced by this government, to replace the Louis S. St-Laurent, which is a heavy icebreaker. The polar icebreaker, the John G. Diefenbaker, will be staying in the Arctic for about nine months or nine months plus. It will be very well equipped with scientific equipment.

Fisheries committee  As far as I know, they are looking for funding for the next seven years. Do you know the clause for...? I have it here. It's a 10-page legal document, so....

Fisheries committee  I can't table it now because this is the English version only, and this is something I would never do here: table an English document.

Fisheries committee  It's worse than that; I don't think we have a French version.

Fisheries committee  No.

Fisheries committee  So if you want this document, it's going to take a lot of time, because we would have to get it translated. I was surprised by this, but that seems to be the case.

Fisheries committee  Yes.

Fisheries committee  It depends on what we have to do. It could be less, but it varies from ship to ship. On some of our ships now, we have to replace all the engines and all the generators and do major work across the ship. It would have to be assessed. I don't know if we have such an assessment for the Amundsen.

Fisheries committee  No, but the question is if we could extend it...could we do a vessel life extension?

Fisheries committee  Oh yes, absolutely.

Fisheries committee  The Amundsen is working now as we speak. Where is it now?

Fisheries committee  So the Amundsen is working on the St. Lawrence River. It's our asset, at our disposal entirely, for coast guard missions for the times when it's not used for the scientific missions. So the time we reserve to ArcticNet is by contract. It's 152 days. It could be more if we're able to allow it with the maintenance we have to do before and after, or it could be less.

Fisheries committee  Unless there is an emergency like there was last August when the Clipper Adventurer ran aground. The Amundsen was the closest ship for the coast guard, so we sent it there.