Grits, Tories back addition of third shipyard to Canadian plan, but questions abound over future boom-bust cycle return

It won't be known for 30 years if the addition of a third shipyard will lead to the 'demise' of the National Shipbuilding Strategy, says Royal Military College defence studies professor Craig Stone.

Halifax's Irving Shipbuilding, pictured, was one of two shipyards—along with Seaspan Shipyards—tasked with building all vessels for the National Shipbuilding Strategy that are more than 1,000 tonnes. In May, the federal government announced a third shipyard would be brought into the strategy. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

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BY NEIL MOSS, MIKE LAPOINTE

August 28, 2019

As the Canadian government moves forward with the addition of a third shipyard to its National Shipbuilding Strategy, defence procurement experts are raising questions over whether or not the addition could lead to a return to a bo...

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