Madam Chairman, the minister says they are performing well but nobody believes that. There are 40 hours of maintenance for one hour in the air. Is that what the minister considers performing well? Those are the defence department's own numbers. According to Jane's Defence Weekly the date for ordering the basic aircraft has slipped to at least March 2003. Is that accurate? If so, are we now actually looking at a delivery even further past 2006?
In the House of Commons on May 7th, 2002. See this statement in context.