Future HMCS Harry DeWolf - (AOPS)  

helicopters from the Royal Canadian Air Force, Coast Guard or contracted through offshore services, the Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship is perfectly suited to undertake all of the tasks previously mentioned, enabling partners in their pursuit of missions assigned.” Future Generations Canada possesses a vast maritime estate—it has the world’s longest coastline, the second largest conti- nental shelf, and the fifth largest Ex- clusive Economic Zone in the world. The AOPS will provide security in in- ternational operations such as anti- smuggling, anti-piracy, international security, artic sovereignty, as well as contribute to humanitarian assis- tance, emergency response and di- saster relief in domestically or inter- nationally—in fact, its primary mission while operating in Canada’s North will be surveillance and securing Canada’s Arctic Sovereignty in collaboration with other Government Departments and Canada’s Arctic partners. “The multi-purpose nature and versa- tility of this ship, both independently and as part of an allied or coalition Task Force, allows Canada to rapidly deploy credible naval forces world- wide, on short notice,” says Simpson. “This calls for naval forces that are JANUARY 2019 | BUSINESS ELITE CANADA 7