Je croyais que, cet après-midi, nous aurions devant nous des témoins qui seraient en mesure de nous aider à comprendre ce qui a conduit à l'annulation du contrat d'acquisition des EH-101 en 1993, contrat qui a coûté des centaines de millions de dollars et qui a retardé l'acquisition d'hélicoptères de recherche et de sauvetage et d'hélicoptères embarqués, chose qui a touché la région pour laquelle j'ai le plus grand respect, soit les Maritimes.
My understanding was that this afternoon we would have witnesses before us who would be able to help us understand what led up to the cancellation of the EH-101 contract in 1993, the subsequent hundreds of millions of dollars that were spent, and the delays in acquiring both search and rescue helicopters and shipborne helicopters, something which affected the region that I happen to think very highly of — that is, the Maritime region of Canada.