Opinion: Shipbuilding, not ship-leasing, is the right choice for Canada

In his Jan. 28 op-ed, National shipbuilding strategy is hobbling our Atlantic and Pacific fleets, Sen. Colin Kenny suggests that the National Shipbuilding Strategy is flawed and that the Government of Canada should gift more sole-sourced contracts to Davie Shipyards in Quebec.
Kenny’s suggestions would be detrimental to the Royal Canadian Navy and to Canadian taxpayers.
Under the National Shipbuilding Strategy, Seaspan Shipyards was competitively selected by the Government of Canada to bui