The Case for cancelling both the new Frigate purchase and the National Ship Building Strategy. In 2010, the Canadian government made a commitment to two of Canada’s largest Shipbuilding companies, Irving and Seaspan, to build and modernize Canada’s navy and Coast Guard. This was supposed to mean that Canada’s naval shipbuilding capability would become more modernized,…
Given Canada’s geography, our military budgets and our geopolitical position, Canada has but one real choice in the new fighter procurement decision. The Gripen fighter is built by a northern country for the realities of a northern climate. The Gripen is cheaper to buy ( Gripen 45 million (USD), F35 – 77.9 – 82 million…
Note to Prime Minister Trudeau Canada took 30 years to buy American made military helicopters to replace our Sea Kings. Helicopters that were supposed to be military, off-the- shelf products but weren’t. When purchased, they didn’t even actually exist except on paper, but we bought them. Or rather you bought them on our behalf. They…
CHURCHILL MANITOBA – Gateway to Canada’s Future All but ignored by Canada’s federal governments for decades. Churchill is a key to Canada’s future. The government did recently help repair the lone railway line to Churchill. But only after the old rail line was washed out cutting Churchill off from civilization for years. And yes in…
Canada’s new wardships, the Canadian type 26 frigate variant is now expected to arrive in 2030 or 2031. Fourteen years after the original 2017 delivery date. This is of course no surprise whatsoever to anyone who has ever watched the Canadian government do military procurement. The ship building programme designed to keep Canada’s ship building…