…from the French:
[more here on the Mistral class]…
Since 2006 our government has delivered squat in terms of new Navy ships (see here for the sorry story of the Arctic Offshore Patrol Ship, and here for the now-abandoned fairly honking Joint Support Ship). Mainly because it, like all Canadian governments, insists our Navy’s vessels be built in Canada. Fie!
Update remark: Politics, politics, all is politics.
Upperdate: A version of this post is at the Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute’s 3Ds Blog.
Mark
Ottawa
Harper has promised Joint Supply Ships (JSS, Arctic patrol ships, icebreakers and other cost guard/navy ships. He even promised a deep water port in the Arctic. It’s all bluster designed to get votes. Harper has been ineffectual.