[English] Hon. David Collenette (Minister of National Defence and Minister of Veterans Affairs, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, one of the problems that we have with project management, which was involved in the development of the Canadian patrol frigates and has been the problem in the development of other armed forces equipment, is that often the expenditures that ultimately are incurred are much greater than originally anticipated because new technologies are being developed.
[Traduction] L'hon. David Collenette (ministre de la Défense nationale et ministre des Anciens combattants, Lib.): Monsieur le Président, l'un des problèmes de gestion qui se pose, et qui s'est posé dans le cas des frégates de patrouille canadiennes, ainsi que d'autres équipements des Forces armées, c'est que les dépenses dépassent souvent les prévisions en raison des nouvelles technologies qui sont mises au point.