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10-19-2011, 12:54 PM
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| Seaspan Wins $8 Billion Government Contract
LIVE: Halifax, B.C. yards win shipbuilding work - Politics - CBC News Quote:
Halifax's Irving Shipbuilding is getting the $25 billion contract to build 21 Canadian combat ships and Vancouver's Seaspan Marine has been awarded an $8 billion contract for 7 non-combat vessels, the federal government said Wednesday.
The $33 billion in shipbuilding work will bring 15,000 jobs to the country, Defence Minister Peter Mackay said earlier Wednesday.
"At the end of the day, this is going to be an investment that is going to create upwards of 15,000 jobs right across the country," MacKay said Wednesday morning, hours before the announcement was due.
"Keep in mind this is about rebuilding our navy, our coast guard, the vessels that we will need well into the future. It's going to be a huge injection into the economy. And it's going to be done in a way that is de-politicized and fair, and inclusive, for all regions."
The winning bids announced in Ottawa by Francois Guimont, the top civil servant from Public Works and Government Services, the department in charge of procurement, are for frigates, supply ships, patrol boats and icebreakers that will cover Canada's naval and coast guard needs for the next three decades.
Rona Ambrose, public works and government services minister, will make a statement on the decision at 5 p.m. ET.
Three shipyards entered bids: Irving Shipbuilding in Halifax, Seaspan Marine in Vancouver and the Davie Shipyard in Lévis, Que. The competition among the three regions meant the file was bound to be politically tricky to navigate.
MacKay says it’s the most fair contract award process ever in Canada.
"There’s never been a more fair process, more inclusive, more transparent. Lots of oversight, fairness monitors," he said. "This will be decided on merit."
A shipyard was not allowed to win both projects. The shipyard walking away empty-handed Wednesday will still be eligible to bid on further contracts worth $2 billion in total to build smaller ships. The two successful shipyards will not be eligible to bid on that work.
The bidders and federal ministers were notified of the outcome only minutes in advance of the announcement. The three companies were all readying press conferences at their shipyards to respond when the announcement comes after the close of the main North American stock markets.
CBC's live coverage
CBC has live coverage of the shipbuilding contracts announcement at 4 p.m. ET at CBCnews.ca and on CBC News Network, followed by reaction from Ottawa and across the country.
For more analysis and reaction, watch CBC's Power & Politics at 5 p.m. ET on CBC News Network.
Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter, who was supposed to be out of the country Wednesday, is now expected to be in Halifax instead.
B.C. Premier Christy Clark will take media questions around 5:30 p.m. ET in Victoria, then make a statement in the legislature and fly to Vancouver for Seaspan's press conference.
Liberal Interim Leader Bob Rae said Wednesday the government is going to have to look at economic development and other assistance for the losing city. He says it’s not just companies that win the contracts, but regions.
The Halifax Shipyard, owned by Irving Shipbuilding, has been awarded the most lucrative of the federal shipbuilding contracts announced Wednesday. Vancouver's Seaspan Marine is the other winning bidder.The Halifax Shipyard, owned by Irving Shipbuilding, has been awarded the most lucrative of the federal shipbuilding contracts announced Wednesday. Vancouver's Seaspan Marine is the other winning bidder. Andrew Vaughan/Canadian Press "And there are lots of things that can happen afterward, in terms of sub-contracts. The reality of building a ship is that much of the insides, the electronic systems, all the other aspects of it, are not confined to one region or another," Rae said.
"We need to understand what the impacts are and then we need to understand the impact on a particular centre … It's very important for us to look down the road at making sure that we have a plan in place and this is a government responsibility for the yard that is not successful."
Nova Scotia NDP MP Peter Stoffer will react to the news at 4:30 p.m. ET.
After the announcement today, the shipyards will finalize their agreements with the government and negotiate contracts in 2012 for the first project in each package of work.
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It's too bad we didn't win the $25 Billion contract, that would've meant thousands of jobs on the North Shore... Quebec got the shaft this time around  Guess we'll be hiring soon...
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10-19-2011, 01:00 PM
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we didnt expect to win the 25b contract. its great that we won the 8b.
a lot of money in military spending but if they're gonna do it anyway may as well do it in BC
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10-19-2011, 01:03 PM
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Yeah, it was kinda expected that Irving would win the big one even tho the navy is stationed out at Esquimalt... right next to Victoria Shipyards...
From the boardroom, it sounded like we won the cup... lol
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That is awesome, and just the kind of news we needed to hear.
I hate to say it, but I'm kind of glad to hear that it didn't go to quebec, for one reason, EVERYTHING seems to go to Quebec, and this time they didn't even have the bid in on time.
I like how Bob Rae adds that they may need to put a little aid together for Quebec. Fuck off. How much more french ass do we need to kiss?
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10-19-2011, 01:12 PM
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Great Seaspan buy's off of me
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Quebec.. complains that it doesn't want to be a part of Canada.. yet complains when they don't get funding from CANADIAN government.  | |
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Wait, 8 Billion to build 7 non-combat ships?
Holy fuck those are some expensive ships.
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Originally Posted by !LittleDragon  | theres a 2 billion contract coming down the line though that only the 8 billion guy would be allowed to bid on and whoever else... 25 billion contract u get it and thats it.....not one place could get both contracts so we got 2nd by default cause quebec sucked.....small default victory but still 8 billion ...better than nothing
**edit read all of the op's post*** we not allowed to bid on anything else, quebec will probably get the 2 billion
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Yes but Seaspan can still continue to build for it's current clients, whereas IIRC, Irvine has to be purely dedicated to building the combat vessels for security reasons.
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hope this wont turn to shit like the Fast Cats....over budget, over weight, not meeting targets....
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cool, my buddy works there as well. Congrats to you guys.
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OP - you work for Seaspan? in what capacity?
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10-19-2011, 02:56 PM
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Yeah, I'm in IT.
Got back from the news conference earlier and they're saying this will create 4040 jobs
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Wow, that's crazy 4040 jobs.
I inspected the owner's penthouse suite and it was amazing.
Congratulations.
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10-19-2011, 03:23 PM
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the question is, how over budget will they go?
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I want a new job. lol.
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this is bad news, those who knows will agree
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I didnt think Seaspan bid on the $25 billion dollar portion of the contract, they were strickly after the 8 billion dollar bid. It will be nice to see some new ships in our fleet again. I wonder what sort of ships the conservatives will wanna build now that they have majority? Possibly a couple Mistral or similar class Amphibious Assault ships instead of just JSP.
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Originally Posted by tiger_handheld OP - you work for Seaspan? in what capacity? | any idea where they will be getting the steel from / when this project with be beginning? port work will be busier hopefully with this for steel etc  | |
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yah, congrats to BC! We definately needed this one.
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Good.
First the F35's and now ships for our Navy. About time we better supported our troops with up-to-date equipment.
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