Government Operations committee  Our number one frustration has been the fact that we own facilities that are the largest shipyards in Canada in terms of the actual space and our dry docking capacity, but we haven't been able to support Canada in what is the largest procurement in the history of our country, the

Government Operations committee  We have a general idea of what the components will be, but again, it's still too early in the design phase for us to have specific sections of the ship that have been dedicated or understood to be built at Heddle. Until the design is more mature, we won't have that understanding.

Government Operations committee  I apologize. Can you repeat your question one more time?

Government Operations committee  From my understanding, there is a schedule in place to deliver the vessels before the 2030 imperative. However, based on the fact that design is still in a very immature phase, I don't have insight into when we'll start building modules, and also the overall schedule for the proj

Government Operations committee  Is your riding in Port Alberni?

Government Operations committee  That's awesome. It's a great part of the country. I think the biggest issue that all of the smaller shipyards are facing is a continuity of work. Especially where we are, on the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence Seaway, the majority of our commercial customers want their work don

Government Operations committee  For me, it's what I discussed in my opening remarks. I think it's important for Heddle and Ontario to become a partner with Canada in the national shipbuilding strategy for these large VLE programs, these complex programs, as well as some of the vessels under 1,000 tonnes. If th

Government Operations committee  Not that I know of. We're not in discussions with Davie, but I can't speak for Seaspan on that subject.

Government Operations committee  Again, I don't want to speak on behalf of Seaspan. With two designs, there will be some complex logistical challenges that could be created, but I can't speak on behalf of Seaspan in terms of how it will impact their design.

Government Operations committee  At the moment, I would say it's too soon to tell. As you mentioned, it's still in the design phase. We've had multiple meetings with Seaspan and are currently in discussions with them about when that will kick off. I think, unfortunately, right now there is still a lot of design

Government Operations committee  I think the collaboration that we were looking at would be beneficial to them from a capacity standpoint. The idea would be that we build smaller modules that can be sent to them by rail or by truck. It would help them, given some of the other programs that they have ongoing righ

Government Operations committee  I did not reference the Seaspan partnership.

Government Operations committee  Correct.

Government Operations committee  Thank you very much. Bonjour and good afternoon, everybody. I would like to begin by thanking the chairman and members of the committee for allowing me to speak here today. My name is Shaun Padulo, and I'm the president of Heddle Shipyards, which is the largest Canadian ship r