Matt Gurney: Canada. Cannot. Procure. That’s it. That’s the column. It’s an inexplicable national failing that we seem unable or unwilling to in any way address.
It’s going to take us 20 years to replace the fleet. We have, at best, roughly 20 years to work with. No one would be happier than me if we found a way to solve our procurement woes, but there is absolutely zero reason to hope that we can do that within that 20-year timeframe imposed on the pending rust-out of the current frigates. And, though I hate to bring it up, guess what? Our patrol ships and our submarines are also going to need replacing soon, not to mention our CF-18s. These are all going to be multi-decade procurements, but that’s still faster than we’d need to fix whatever horrible rot has afflicted our ability, as a nation, to build and buy things.
So just build the damn ships. Buy the damn planes.
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