Canada’s plans for those Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC) ships are making headlines again, and they’re bringing with them a timeline that’ll make you wonder if we’ll ever see them hit the water. The first ship won’t be ready until the early 2030s, and it won’t be serving in the Royal Canadian Navy until 2035, according to senior government officials.

They’re aiming to deliver nine CSC ships by 2040, with the last one scheduled for 2050. By then, I reckon we’ll all be watching from the retirement home, wondering if they’ll still be launching fireworks for these ships’ maiden voyages.

But all jokes aside, these ships are crucial for our navy, even if the wait seems longer than a Saskatchewan winter. It’s a reminder that big projects like this take time, and while we wait, the world will keep turning.

So here’s hoping those CSC ships will be worth the wait and keep our navy sailing strong into the future.