Mr. Speaker, obviously the minister's answer is that the government will continue to underfund our military as it has for the past decade.
In its former life as the HMS Upholder , the HMCS Chicoutimi had a lengthy history of serious electrical and water leakage problems. In fact, five times in the early 1990s this sub was forced to limp back into port due to the very type of problem that tragically reoccurred last week.
Despite knowing this and continuing its policy of chronic underfunding of our navy, the Liberals agreed to acquire this submarine. Why?