Mr. Chair, I find it remarkable the Minister of National Defence does not have an answer for that.
The Liberal government has announced plans to rehabilitate our Victoria class submarines to keep them going until 2040, which will make them about 50 years old.
A retired navy commander stated, “You can modernize most things, but you can't modernize the hull, unless you build a new hull.” Why is the government endangering the lives of our submariners, when the subs themselves are at increased risk of failure?