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        <![CDATA[ http://news.nationalpost....n-shipbuilding-contract/Last Updated: Oct 19, 2011 7:16 PM ET
							
			
			
				By Lee Berthiaume, Robert Hiltz and Marianne White
OTTAWA — A cross-country political dogfight over shipbuilding 
contracts ended in a win for both coasts Wednesday, as the federal 
government awarded $33-billion in contracts to drydocks in Halifax and 
Vancouver and froze out Quebec.
Irving Shipbuilding in Halifax will receive a $25-billion naval 
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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: Canadian shipbuilding contracts awarded  ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Basis for figures might be this PBO report. Interesting!http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=canada%20jss%20pbo&amp;source=web&amp;cd=2&amp;cad=rja&amp;ved=0CD4QFjAB&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pbo-dpb.gc.ca%2Ffiles%2Fget%2Fpublications%2F252%3Fp...<br /><a href="http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/reply/337600/Canadian-shipbuilding-contracts-awarded#reply-337600">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ At £600m for the four 4 MARS tankers we have a unit cost of US$240m each, which is pretty good considering but not a good comparison as has been noted. (Unless you break out capabilities into separate ships as they have been in the past for some navies, ...<br /><a href="http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/reply/334120/Canadian-shipbuilding-contracts-awarded#reply-334120">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ Before people get too upset about price comparisons between the RN MARS ships and the RCN JSS, a few things should be kept in mind.&nbsp; The RN's tankers will be just that - replenishment ships able to provide fuel, water, food and spare parts at sea.&nb...<br /><a href="http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/reply/334105/Canadian-shipbuilding-contracts-awarded#reply-334105">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ Bledlow wrote:IIRC (&amp; I stand ready to be corrected) that £400 million is just for the Korean component, &amp; we'll spend another £200 million or so at home. That makes our programme of four ships about half the budget for ONE of the new Canadian s...<br /><a href="http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/reply/334051/Canadian-shipbuilding-contracts-awarded#reply-334051">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ IIRC (& I stand ready to be corrected) that £400 million is just for the Korean component, & we'll spend another £200 million or so at home. That makes our programme of four ships about half the budget for ONE of the new Canadian ships.

I'd also like...<br /><a href="http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/reply/333938/Canadian-shipbuilding-contracts-awarded#reply-333938">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ stanger69 wrote:$4.1 billion for two support ships? 
Have we lost our feakin' minds!!!!

I'd like to think we can do a hell of a lot better
with my tax dollars than that It's a bit steep - we're doing four MARS for the UK at about £400 million - buil...<br /><a href="http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/reply/333922/Canadian-shipbuilding-contracts-awarded#reply-333922">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ If that's the case,I wonder just what they plan on spending per surface combatant? 
Whatever that is supposed to be. ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ $4.1 billion for two support ships? 
Have we lost our feakin' minds!!!!

I'd like to think we can do a hell of a lot better
with my tax dollars than that ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ http://news.ca.msn.com/top-stories/mackay-promises-supply-ships-despite-budget-officers-report-1

"Defence Minister Peter MacKay says the navy will get the supply ships it needs, despite a parliamentary budget officer's report that shows the government ...<br /><a href="http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/reply/333622/Canadian-shipbuilding-contracts-awarded#reply-333622">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ Post script- I'm not averse to building ships of  foriegn design, under liscence in canadian shipyards as that still accomlishes all my above reasoning. ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ If the price is not at least 40% less for the new build offshore ships I'd rather see the money spent inside Canada. Not only does it keep canadians working but alot of tax money goes straight back to the government plus the spin -off jobs. From a strateg...<br /><a href="http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/reply/333501/Canadian-shipbuilding-contracts-awarded#reply-333501">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ Maybe it's time to follow the rest of the Americans outside of the USA and just buy second hand warships.   That's how the RCN started off. ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ Same story -&nbsp;different link http://news.ca.msn.com/canada/military-supply-ships-dollar15b-over-budget-watchdog-says-1"Building in Canada will come with a cost, one that the government doesn't seem willing to acknowledge, the report suggests. Liberal ...<br /><a href="http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/reply/333329/Canadian-shipbuilding-contracts-awarded#reply-333329">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 23:43:26 PST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Now we're apparently $2 billion short on the needed funds.Budget woes plague replacement of Canada’s navy supply shipsOTTAWA—The parliamentary budget officer says replacing the navy’s two existing supply ships is expected to cost $4.13 billion, far ...<br /><a href="http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/reply/333238/Canadian-shipbuilding-contracts-awarded#reply-333238">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ The announcement was of contracts for the prep work... spending the money for physical improvements at the shipyards and hiring/training workers so that they are in place and ready to start work when actual ship orders are placed. ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 22:49:10 PST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ We're years off actually announcing ship builds. They're just getting ready to start the technical design process now. ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ 2 more months go by and still nothing. I'm starting to wonder if the announcements were just politicking and no ships are actually to be built. ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ Just a clarification - unless things have changed in the past few months, a great deal of horsepower was being invested in the frigate/destroyer replacement program to ensure that the SOR was correct.  JSS and certainly AOPS do not have as many people wor...<br /><a href="http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/reply/319222/Canadian-shipbuilding-contracts-awarded#reply-319222">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2012 04:07:10 PST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ And another month goes by with no keel laid. ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ Pretty much all of the current skilled effort is going into the JSS and AOPS designs. 

Maybe someone will have time to do something once those programs are completed. If ever. ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 18:07:15 PST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[ http://news.nationalpost....n-shipbuilding-contract/Last Updated: Oct 19, 2011 7:16 PM ET
							
			
			
				By Lee Berthiaume, Robert Hiltz and Marianne White
OTTAWA — A cross-country political dogfight over shipbuilding 
contracts ended in a wi...<br /><a href="http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/18267/Canadian-shipbuilding-contracts-awarded">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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