Not Enough

Published October 6, 2004

On Oct. 5, as the Speech from the Throne was being read in Ottawa, the HMCS Chicoutimi, the oldest of four mothballed U.K. subs acquired by Canada in 1998, sent out a distress signal. Rendered powerless by an electrical fire off the coast of Ireland, the sub, which in its prior incarnation had been the HMS Upholder, awaited rescue with 57 sailors aboard. It was a fitting metaphor for the state of Canada's...