Ottawa to spend $187M to extend navy supply vessel lease amid shipbuilding delays
Ottawa is forking over another $187 million to add two years to its lease of a converted civilian ship the navy has been using as a temporary supply vessel while it waits for permanent replacements to finally arrive.on Friday, months after revealing the navy will have to wait an extra two years for the delivery of new support ships.
The government initially relied on allies to fill the gap before agreeing to lease a converted civilian container ship from Davie named MV Asterix. Documents obtained by The Canadian Press in 2020 showed the navy expects to continue relying on the Asterix and allies to help resupply Canada’s fleets at sea even after the two joint support ships are built.Procurement Minister Anand responds to auditor general report on ship building, says they have sound data to move ahead
The fear is that the navy will be hamstrung whenever one of the two so-called joint support ships is out of commission, either for repairs or for some other reason.
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