Ottawa introduces $15.7-billion program to renew coast guard fleet, navy GlobeBC
The Canadian Coast Guard fisheries patrol vessel Tanu is seen in the distance on the harbour as coast guard members listen to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speak in Vancouver May 22, 2019.The federal government is commissioning the construction of 18 new ships for the Canadian Coast Guard as part of a $15.7-billion program that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says will renew the coast guard’s fleet.
The new vessels’ tasks will include light ice-breaking, offshore patrol and search and rescue. While the new ships are built, the government will also finance extensions, refits and maintenance work on existing vessels. In a statement, Timothy Page, government relations vice-president for Seaspan Shipyards, said Wednesday’s news was a “vote of confidence” in the company and a relief to staff who had previously had no clarity on their medium-term future.He said Seaspan agrees with the idea of opening the national shipbuilding strategy to a third shipyard, and will look to understand the impact of that measure on the company’s interests.
Dr. Byers, a former NDP candidate in Vancouver Centre, said that governments of all stripes play politics with shipbuilding, adding that Wednesday’s announcement was no exception as the Liberals tried to put their stamp on the shipbuilding strategy launched in 2011 under the previous, Conservative government.
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