SUBMARINES – The now infamous purchase and integration of four British Upholder class diesel-powered submarines into the Navy continues.[66] Mistakes were made in the process of acquiring
the boats, starting with a four-year delay in political decision-making as to whether to acquire them, which left the subs deteriorating in dry dock., But since the acquisition process has been extensively investigated by both a Canadian Forces Board of Inquiry, as well as the House of Commons Committee on National Defence and Veterans’ Affairs, the Committee will not dwell on these issues.[67] It is time to examine the capability of the submarines on m
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