Changing the JSS--looking abroad

Since the sort of ship the Navy wants can't be designed and built in Canada for what the government is willing to pay (more here from Babbling) we now appear to be looking at foreign vesels "...for ideas such as purchase the plans and build in Canada, design and build (in Canada) something very similar or buy off the shelf."

Sounds like a good idea to me. Maybe we're learning from the Aussies.