The federal Liberals are shaking up the government’s multibillion-dollar shipbuilding plan, promising $15.7-billion in new work to the two shipyards in Vancouver and Halifax while opening the door to their bitter rival in Quebec City.
During a news conference in Vancouver, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the government will buy two more Arctic patrol ships from Halifax-based Irving Shipbuilding and 16 so-called multi-purpose vessels from Seaspan Shipbuilding in Vancouver. The ships will be built for the Canadian Coast Guard and aim to do two things: provide the coast guard with desperately needed new ships and prevent layoffs at Irving and Seaspan, which together have won billions of dollars in federal work since 2011.Yet Irving and Seaspan are unlikely to be popping champagne bottles: Trudeau also revealed the government plans to hold a competition to add a third shipyard to the shipbuilding plan.
That opens the door to Davie Shipbuilding becoming an official partner in the strategy after years of intense lobbying, which Irving and Seaspan have long opposed for fear their Quebec City rival will steal work away from them. Today’s announcement in Vancouver, which was to be followed by similar announcements by ministers in the Halifax and Quebec City areas, comes only a few months ahead of the federal election, during which the Liberals will be looking to win or hold onto seats in all three cities.
globepolitics And... (wait for it)... Federal government promises Big OIl that TMX pipeline will proceed, now that the NEB (also Big Oil) feels due consultation work has been concluded. As for the coast? The biggest gamble in history. Scrapitalism
globepolitics Buying votes far and wide in an election year can this be any more obvious
globepolitics Jeez, you’d think it was an election year.
globepolitics Ugh, another Liberal handout to NS and a make work project for the “little people” dependant on transfer payments... Quebec, BC and NS getting bribery day after day... “It’s the servant who takes the money...”
globepolitics Lete the money flow! Maybe elections are not lost after all. Just not bought with enough money.
globepolitics Here we go with liberal spending.
globepolitics Election bite, huge DEPT!
globepolitics That's brilliant. That's why we (Cdns) invested in building the new yards to handle this work rather than send it offshore. Lets hope that politicians like PMJT can generally keep out of it and let the program do what it was intended to do when set up by PMSH
globepolitics Is this the first thing he's done for canadians
globepolitics Promises by Trudeau and LIBERALS ain't worth the piece of paper it's written on . Trudeau has no conscience
globepolitics Election pork barrel pump priming has begun in earnest..JT on the back foot.
globepolitics His buds
globepolitics And money for Vetrans JT
globepolitics Election time
globepolitics This is possible
globepolitics How about getting Bids from around the World justintrudea
globepolitics Keep buying those votes, Justin, just the way your old man did. Pity the children and grandchildren have no say, the ones who will have to pay back this largesse. 152 days.
globepolitics Just in case they were were pissed off re the Norman debacle.
globepolitics Start adding up the election costs if the liberalbimbo is elected
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