Mr. Speaker, for the second time in a week a Sea King was forced to make a precautionary landing due to a gear box problem. According to experts a gear box failure could be catastrophic. With all the problems with our 35 year old Sea Kings the minister's comment in scrum was “let's not exaggerate”.
Will the government initiate a maritime helicopter program before lives are lost due to an aging, unreliable Sea King? The minister said within two weeks. That was two weeks ago.