The truth behind the Joint Support Ship announcement

Published July 21, 2010

Last Wednesday, Defence Minister Peter MacKay was in Halifax with Public Works Minister Rona Ambrose to trumpet a major shipbuilding contract. The price tag alone—approximately $2.6 billion for two new Joint Support Ships (JSS)—should have been cause for celebration among Canada's long-suffering shipyards.

However, no matter how hard MacKay blew his well-worn vuvuzela, he failed to get a...

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