Coast Guard ship that underwent $9-million in repairs in 2009 sells for $373,000

NDP procurement critic Erin Weir slams the sale as 'outrageous,' saying the Liberals are only recovering a little more than a nickel for every dollar put into repairing the vessel.

The federal government has sold a former Coast Guard vessel, known as CCGS Tracy, for $373,000. It was repaired for millions only eight years ago. Photograph courtesy of GCSurplus.ca

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BY MARCO VIGLIOTTI

March 22, 2017

A decommissioned Coast Guard ship that underwent $9-million in repairs in 2009 only to be permanently docked four years later has been sold for $373,000 after being offered for sale on the government’s surplus website. “It�...

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