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Friday, January 13, 2012

Harper details $25B Irving shipbuilding deal

The Halifax ShipyardThe next fleet of navy ships will contain components designed by Canadians, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Thursday as he announced an agreement in principle in Halifax to begin building the vessels under the $35-billion federal shipbuilding program.

Harper made the announcement before several hundred workers at the Irving shipyard in the port city, three months after it won the lion's share of the largest military procurement in Canada's history.

He was asked whether the designs for the fleet -- which include icebreakers, Arctic patrol vessels and destroyers -- would be done by Canadian naval architects.

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