Government Operations committee  Yes, Mr. Chair, we do, and we have done evaluation twice now in response to CITT findings. We struck a second evaluation team with brand new people, did it a second time, and it has come out the same.

Government Operations committee  I can't say what the cost for the legal fees of the challenge will be, but we're—

Government Operations committee  I can when it's all wrapped up, but this is a long file.

Government Operations committee  Absolutely.

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, I'll start, but I may turn to Mr. Fillion for some additional detail. The AOPS contract for ship number one is very close to being delivered, this spring. We're not anticipating extra costs because of that delay. These are just delays—

Government Operations committee  The surface combatant reference you made—

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Can I add a little context?

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We have already talked about the idea of providing the costs associated with the options presented. We will be presenting initial estimates. That will not be a budget, just to be clear. The budget is established once we have determined all the details.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'll be very quick on this. It is a bit of a chicken and egg situation, Madam Chair. What we're looking for is to make sure that we have a sense of the vision. These are some big decisions. Two are very important: the chamber and the welcome centre. Those are two that I would

Government Operations committee  I can take that one. The principle we'd like to get to with a run of 15 ships is that as you move through the run, you want more risk sharing as you're learning, and then, as you get towards the 15th, or towards the end, we are hoping to have a price cap on each one, as they've

Government Operations committee  I have a couple of things to highlight. The Translation Bureau has gone through a rather massive transformation, and it's ongoing. The two things in that industry that I would highlight are the more automated scheduling tools for how the work is assigned, but more importantly,

Government Operations committee  The biggest change there, Mr. Chair, is in recent additions in both the House and the Senate of indigenous languages. You're seeing, with appropriate notice, the ability to provide translation into languages other than English and French for those purposes. That's relatively new

Government Operations committee  In general, yes.

Government Operations committee  There are some that are more challenging than others, Mr. Chair. There is just a lack of speakers, frankly, of some of those languages, so we have been reaching out across various communities so that we can get a broader base of expertise onside as we need it. It's more of a surg

Government Operations committee  Thank you for your question. You're absolutely right. In the past, we had trouble finding people to fill positions. Recently, though, we've started working with universities to develop more programs so we can train more students. We are working actively with universities to gen