Liberals under pressure from all sides to give Davie shipyard work, keep Quebec City seats in 2019

Quebec Parliamentarians are putting pressure on the government to save jobs and give more work to the struggling shipyard.

Quebec City Liberal MP Joël Lightbound, pictured in November, is advocating the Davie shipyard be considered for contracts addressing any future government shipbuilding needs.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY EMILY HAWS

March 14, 2018

Quebec Parliamentarians of all stripes are pressuring the Liberal government to stem job losses by giving more work to the Davie shipyard near Quebec City, a potential battleground in the 2019 election. Opposition MPs say the Liberals should give more contracts to Ch...

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