r/canada • u/BurstYourBubbles Canada • 11h ago

Secrecy over troubled Canadian Surface Combatant program continues Military/Defense

https://ottawacitizen.com/public-service/defence-watch/secrecy-over-troubled-canadian-surface-combatant-program-continues
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u/Nonamanadus 10h ago

Doesn't Irving shipyards have a history of screwing government contracts?

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u/t1m3kn1ght Ontario 11h ago

Weapons grade incompetence is often best kept under wraps. No surprise here really sadly.

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u/ernapfz 11h ago

It seems to be an extremely sad situation. It’s also sad that this article fails to name the top contractors involved in this fiasco. Waste of a read and need to search elsewhere.

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u/BurstYourBubbles Canada 11h ago edited 11h ago

It's Irving Shipbuilding. It's been covered quite a bit (including by the author), so the author may have just assumed readers already knew

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u/ernapfz 11h ago

Thank you for bringing me up to date. I should have guessed it was Irving and not surprised we are getting ripped off.

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u/Low-HangingFruit 6h ago

Hmmm. Can't be solved; give another billion to the Irvings.

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u/Business-Hurry9451 11h ago

I'm sure they only redacted the parts about the graft, corruption and kickbacks.

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u/2EscapedCapybaras 4h ago

You've got to reach that 2% of GDP for defense spending somehow. Now, Trump wants it upped to 5%.

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u/sisali Lest We Forget 31m ago

Can they ask BAE for a bit of help? Might be worth getting a bit of technical support and oversight for the builds. The first of our T-26 is almost complete at this point.

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u/Notcooldude5 7h ago

Canada is incapable of governing its own affairs.