The Royal Canadian Navy is set to lose a vital asset

It's surprising that the Canadian government is preparing to walk away while the Joint Support Ships being built to replace the MV Asterix are yet to be completed.

MV Asterix departs Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam on July 9, 2018. Instead of cancelling the lease with Federal Fleet—the Davie subsidiary company that manages the Asterix—Ottawa should extend it indefinitely, writes Scott Taylor.Department of National Defence photograph by Sgt. Devin VandeSype

Opinion

BY SCOTT TAYLOR

June 15, 2026

OTTAWA—A recent headline in the Ottawa Citizen caught my attention. It read: "Company calling on Canadian government to keep Asterix resupply ship," with the subhead, "Asterix has supported the Royal Canadian Navy since 2018."

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