That's a good point. In fact, when trying to have cost comparisons, usually navies around the world and national defence or defence ministries don't tend to be very open and transparent about all the costs they incur when they acquire and operate surface combatants or warships.
However, there is information that's available from a variety of shipyards and also from other navies, notably the U.S., the United Kingdom and Australia. For example, we have costing for the United States Constellation-class frigates. The Congressional Budget Office, our counterpart in the U.S., has estimated a cost of about $12.3 billion for 10 ships, in 2020 dollars.
In current-year Canadian dollars, that would be about $16 billion to $17 billion for 10 ships. They're not identical to the surface combatants, and it's only the acquisition cost. It does not include the life-cycle costs, the disposal costs or the development of the program. However, it gives you an idea of costs that are incurred by allied navies elsewhere.