Absolutely. As a navigator on a Sea King helicopter detachment, I remember the first time I saw the men and women of the Royal Canadian Navy perform a RAS, as we called it. It was a very impressive operation. We certainly don't want to see that skill set atrophy.
When the HMCS Protecteur was decommissioned due to fire around the same time that the Preserver had corrosion issues that prevented it from going to sea, Canada at least temporarily lost that RAS capacity. Is that correct?