We are in discussions with the navy and with our colleagues at Public Services and Procurement Canada to look at a batching strategy, we would call it. In the history of Canada's navy, we have never bought.... Even with the Canadian patrol frigates, there were two contracts for six ships each, and they had to be let in time to take advantage of the first ones. It is the kind of work we're doing in the next phase of definition. What's the right approach? What's the right number? It tends to be that all of our allies do it in the same way, with the British in their Type 26 ships and the Americans in their ships. The idea is the same, and that's to have a sufficient batch to bring some economies of scale, but as you're indicating, understanding that with time, and that's really what we're trying to do in the strategy. We're trying to build to 2040 and beyond. The real success is not that we've identified every ship we're going to build; it's that we have a vision of continuously building ships throughout that whole period, sir.
On November 17th, 2016. See this statement in context.