Mr. Chair, our submarines play a very important role in our Arctic sovereignty and our security. Based on advice from the Canadian Armed Forces through the chief of the defence staff, that is the reason we are modernizing our submarines. I am very proud of the work they are doing. In fact, we had two of our submarines, one deployed in the Pacific Ocean and one in the Atlantic. That is the first time that has been done. I do not even know the last time it was actually deployed.
In the House of Commons on May 15th, 2019. See this statement in context.