New documents raise questions about Canada’s lengthy naval shipbuilding delays

It was well known in government circles by the summer of 2003 that replacement of the destroyers and frigates would not begin to take place until post-2020, according to documents obtained through an access-to-information request.

The Canadian Surface Combatant project which began in 2005 was supposed to deliver not only replacements for the navy’s Halifax-class frigates, pictured, but also three Iroquois-class destroyer replacements, writes Alex Howlett.Photograph by John Clevett, courtesy of the Department of National Defence

Opinion

BY ALEX HOWLETT

October 19, 2022

Documents obtained through an access-to-information request reveal delays in naval shipbuilding projects much longer than previously acknowledged. Canadians have been waiting for well over a decade for the much ballyhooed Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC) program to generate results on the high seas...

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