I think the other aspect here, though, as the admiral alluded to, is that an amphibious ship means a fundamental change in how the Canadian Armed Forces does its business. It means, in effect, marines. Most countries that operate amphibious ships have marines. There are other countries.... The Danish run the Absalon class that has effectively a lot of air in a warship, and it provides that sort of flexibility that I was talking about in my remarks with respect to options for government in terms of humanitarian assistance, disaster relief, operations such as counter-piracy, and those sorts of things, which aren't part of war-fighting. You can accept that level of risk on a less capable ship.
On October 18th, 2016. See this statement in context.