How keeping HMCS Bonaventure could reshape Canadian doctrine

How might Royal Canadian Navy doctrine change if HMCS Bonaventure remained in service?

Canada might eventually replace the carrier with an LHD, potentially preserving a naval-air role through Harrier operations.

Keeping HMCS Bonaventure would preserve an institutional reason to plan around shipborne aviation. Canada might eventually replace her with a landing helicopter dock rather than abandon the role. If that successor operated Harriers, Canadian doctrine would develop around a very different mix of amphibious and air capability. This speculative path depends on continuity in platforms and trained communities.