That's an important question.
Starting from scratch would obviously mean stopping the current process and going through a new call for proposals following a competitive process. This would likely add four years to the overall timeline.
That's why we looked at another scenario in our report. Under this scenario, the construction of up to three Canadian type 26 surface combatants would be maintained to reduce the negative impact on the Royal Canadian Navy's fleet and prevent it from suffering from a significant capability gap.