Mr. Speaker, with the Preserver and the Protecteur out of service, there is an operational gap at the Royal Canadian Navy. We are talking about a decade. Even the Standing Committee on National Defence, on which the Liberals have the majority, has recognized this vulnerability caused by delays in the naval procurement strategy.
Our Conservative government did not hesitate. We commissioned the Asterix, which was built on time.
The Minister of National Defence is out of excuses for failing to honour his own policy and award a contract to the shipyard for the Obelix.
When will we see the Obelix?