The Davie shipyard in Quebec is offering to build Canada’s new polar icebreaker for half the price and under half the time required by the government’s chosen shipyard.
Government rejects icebreaker offer

The Davie shipyard in Quebec is offering to build Canada’s new polar icebreaker for half the price and under half the time required by the government’s chosen shipyard.
Public Works has released a through-life cost estimate for the Canadian government’s National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy. Costs are estimated to reach $105 billion and critics argue it could go higher.
Auditor General Michael Ferguson, who recently introduced a little reality to discussion of the planned F-35 procurement, is now turning his sights on the Harper government’s “National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy”.