The shipbuilding strategy really had three objectives: renewing the fleet, creating a marine sector and generating economic benefits for Canada. You're right: Many of those are really long-term objectives.
Today it's hard to tell you that there is value in that investment, but that's the policy choice that the country has made to go forward. Now it's about tracking and not forgetting about those, but they come, as I said, with trade-offs. Creating a marine sector comes with some delays as they get ready to reach that target state that was intended within the shipbuilding strategy.
Where things could have been sped up is with respect to the length of time to negotiate those contracts to figure out who pays for what. Is it the private sector? Is it the government? How do you get to that place?
It took about seven years from the first umbrella agreement with the shipyard to the first ship. That's a very long time to just negotiate what needs to happen. That then delays the building of all future ships.
Value for money can be weighed in many ways. While there might be economic benefits, the delays and the cost of extending service life might offset those. Again, it comes down to more timely decision-making with respect to what the Canadian Armed Forces need.