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Quebec shipyard formally added to federal shipbuilding plan after lobbying, delaysTuesday's deal is the result of a heavy lobbying effort by the shipyard and Quebec government after Davie was originally excluded from the shipbuilding plan in 2011.CanadaApr 4, 2023
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Ottawa misses own deadline on inking deal with Quebec shipyard to build icebreakersThe Coast Guard has lost a number of ships due to age in recent years due to mechanical problems, and many of its icebreakers have already exceeded their expected lifespans.PoliticsMar 16, 2023
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Cost of used icebreakers Ottawa is purchasing from Quebec shipyard nears $1B markThe most recent cash infusion came last week as the government handed Davie another $68.9 million to continue converting and upgrading the icebreakers.CanadaAug 11, 2021
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Bloc Québécois leader campaigns in Quebec City area, eyes Tory and Liberal ridingsBloc Leader Yves-François Blanchet is hoping his party's recent momentum will lead to a breakthrough in the provincial capital.PoliticsOct 15, 2019
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Feds amend shipyard search criteria, extend deadline following complaintThe move follows a complaint last week from an Ontario shipyard to the Canadian International Trade Tribunal that the government was unfairly stacking the deck in favour of Quebec's Chantier Davie yard.CanadaAug 26, 2019
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Coast guard fleet renewal plan unlikely to yield promised deals before the electionWhile the process for initiating the new deals will begin shortly, none are expected to be finalized prior to the start of the federal election campaign.PoliticsMay 28, 2019
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Quebec’s Davie shipyard in line for contract to build 2 ferriesOttawa will issue an Advance Contract Award Notice to the Chantier Davie, Transport Minister Marc Garneau said in a statement.CanadaMay 17, 2019
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Canada’s top soldier attends cabinet meeting but appearance ‘had nothing to do’ with Norman case: officialChief of Defence Staff General Jonathan Vance and Jody Thomas, deputy minister of national defence, attended cabinet on Tuesday but officials say it had "nothing to do" with Norman.CanadaMay 14, 2019
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Opposition MPs call for emergency committee meeting on Liberal conduct in Norman caseThe Crown stayed a breach of trust charge against the former second-in-command of the military last week, but the government is facing tough questions about its role in the case.PoliticsMay 12, 2019
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Peter MacKay says RCMP should have questioned Tories on Mark Norman casePeter MacKay said it was surprising that key members of the Stephen Harper government were not interviewed by the RCMP during its probe of an alleged leak of sensitive information about a naval shipbuilding contract worth close to $700 million.CanadaMay 12, 2019
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