Wednesday, October 19, 2011

LIVE: Halifax, B.C. yards win shipbuilding work

Halifax's Irving Shipbuilding is getting the $25 billion contract to build 21 Canadian combat ships and Vancouver's Seaspan Marine has been awarded an $8 billion contract for 7 non-combat vessels, the federal government said Wednesday.  The $33 billion in shipbuilding work will bring 15,000 jobs to the country, Defence Minister Peter Mackay said earlier Wednesday.

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