Coast guard’s aging fleet ‘risks falling below international standards’: Internal brief

The feds are spending billions on replacements, but most larger ships are not expected to arrive until at least 2025.
The Canadian Coast Guard Ship Louis S. St-Laurent, right, in the Arctic Ocean Sept. 5, 2009. It was put into service in 1969 and could continue until a replacement arrives, expected in 2022.
The agency responsible for the search-and-rescue fleet patrolling Canada’s waters has trouble meeting the expectations set out for it by the government, often sacrificing “needed investments in fleet and shore-based maintenance” in its ships and relying on temporary funding to make ends meet. ...

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