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Monday, June 11, 2012

Canada's massive shipbuilding plan headed for stormy seas

HMCS Ottawa (Halifax class)On a warm but cloudy afternoon at the beginning of May, Prime Minister Stephen Harper participated in the unveiling of a new monument for the Royal Canadian Navy. Erected within sight of Parliament Hill and symbolically surrounded on three sides by the Ottawa River, the monument was being dedicated to the hundreds of thousands of sailors who have served in the navy during its 112-year history.

"Surrounded as we are by three oceans, it can truly be said that Canada and its economy float on salt water," the prime minister said. "Such a nation must have a navy. A navy that serves, a navy that protects."

The Conservative government has committed $35 billion over 20 years to the largest and most extensive overhaul of Canada's navy and Coast Guard in more than a generation.

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