The Below has been presented by yours
truly, right now we are in the midsts of a propaganda war, even the BC
Government California jobs fair is a fraud, to all you mainstream media, ask the BC Government how many people were hired at this jobs fair,
or perhaps ask if these jobs are contingent upon a bunch of LNG plants
opening, and proposed mines, ask some hard questions, and if you gutless
media really had any balls you would ask Stephen Harper about what`s laid out below..
Nevermind cowards..
Irving Shipbuilding presses Ottawa on Arctic ship deal
Michael MacDonald
The Canadian Press
HALIFAX —The president of Irving
Shipbuilding Inc. is applying pressure on Ottawa to sign a contract on
design work for eight new Arctic patrol ships.
Steve Durrell said Friday unless the
contract is signed and engineering work begins by January, the company’s
Halifax Shipyard will have a tough time meeting its goal of cutting the
first steel for the project in 2015.
“We’ll be looking at this day by day,” he said. “If it gets delayed a month, it will delay the program a month.”
Durrell set the deadline during a
briefing that marked one year since the federal government awarded the
shipyard a $25-billion contract to build 21 combat vessels over 30
years.
“We are definitely not waiting to get started,”
he said. “We are doing everything we can to advance the timetables and
begin building vessels for Canada as quickly as possible.”
The company is still negotiating two
contracts with Ottawa — one for design work and the other for the actual
construction of the patrol ships.
Durrell repeated his company’s
promise to have the first patrol vessel built by 2018, which is already
three years behind the original schedule.
The ships, first announced in 2007,
were projected to cost $3.1 billion to build and $4.3 billion to
maintain over their expected 25-year life cycle. Durrell declined to say
whether he thinks the costs would rise in the years to come.
The business
executive, speaking to reporters at the sprawling shipyard on the
Halifax waterfront, also made a pitch to Ottawa concerning the
maintenance contract, which has yet to be awarded.
Earlier this week, documents
obtained by The Canadian Press revealed the patrol ships will cost more
to maintain because National Defence won’t be signing a long-term
service contract until the ships are well into construction.
An internal briefing to former
associate defence minister Julian Fantino last fall said the project was
full of financial questions, starting with the actual cost of building
up to eight warships.
Durrell said the final costs have yet
to be negotiated. He said the cost of design work will be revealed
early next year, but the cost of construction won’t be known until
2015.
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1274527--irving-shipbuilding-presses-ottawa-on-arctic-ship-deal
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And from a story appearing on the front page of the Vancouver Sun, a
continuation of pumping up the BC Liberal Government, pumping up jobs
that aren`t there, a coordinated effort aligned with the bloated $30
million dollar jobs ad campaign
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B.C.'s shipbuilding industry set to grow by 3,000 jobs and billions by 2020
There are currently 4,627 jobs in
B.C., representing those directly employed in shipbuilding and repair,
plus those working in the metal plate and fabrication industry, largely
dependent on shipbuilding work.
Employment is predicted to increase to 6,883, representing direct and
indirect workers, by 2016, and move to 7,605 by 2020, the report said.
Seaspan Marine Corp. won the opportunity in 2011 to negotiate
construction of $8 billion worth of large non-combat federal ships. This
work is part of the $35-billion federal National Shipbuilding and
Procurement Strategy. Seaspan owns Victoria Shipyards, which operates
at the Esquimalt Graving Dock, as well as Vancouver Shipyards. Initial
work on the federal vessels will be carried out in Vancouver and they
will be completed and taken out on trials from Esquimalt.
Construction of the first ships is expected to start late in 2013. Work will carry on for at least a decade.
Shipbuilding and repair is predicted to generate $10 billion in B.C.’s economy by 2010, the report said.
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Let me be perfectly clear, I`m not against jobs but there is something
terribly wrong here, Gordon Campbell and these wretched BC Liberals
promised the Evergreen line every year and full-on promotion of the
Evergreen line in 2005 election period and again in 2009, in fact Kevin
Falcon
in 2009 promised construction would start no later than the Fall of
2010, we are almost in 2013 and no shovels in the ground yet..
Surrey memorial hospital, same thing, it was promised during the 2005
election writ period with completion no later that 2009, again
construction of the badly needed new Surrey Memorial hospital was hyped
in the 2009 election, it still ain`t finished. looks like Gordon
Campbell and Stephen treason Harper use the same playbook..
I know many of you have short memories, remember the last Federal
election, you know, the one in Spring 2011, remember all the hype about
shipbuilding contracts, I do, ..
And who could forget Christy Clark having a Seaspan Orgasim when these
shipbuilding contracts were awarded by the Feds, 1 deal for the Irving
shipyard and 1 for Seaspan, from coast to coast, Christy was peaking
because she was desperate for a good news story, she pretended the BC
Liberal Government actually assisted Seaspan in winning the contract,
when in fact it was the BC NDP that made the phone calls and assisted
Seaspan, Hansard will indeed reveal those facts..
However, do you see the highlighted part from the Vancouver Sun story, here it is again..
"Seaspan Marine Corp. won the opportunity in 2011 to negotiate
construction of $8 billion worth of large non-combat federal ships."
What`s up with that, you mean Seaspan only was granted an opportunity to negotiate?
And what about this next part ...
"Construction of the first ships is expected to start late in 2013. Work will carry on for at least a decade."
Here we had Stephen way back when promoting these ships, it was a big vote getter in our Spring 2011 Federal election, and yet the announcement of Seaspan and Irving Shipyards winning "a chance to negotiate contracts" didn`t take place until the Fall of 2011...
As you can see, the Irving Shipyard has been stalled, delayed and it appears that steel isn`t even being cut until 2015...
Oh perhaps you think I`m being picky, well, ....
What would you say if I told you this Federal shipbuilding carrot has been dangled since 2006?...And
at the bottom of this post, a link to Harper`s shipbuilding betrayal in
the year 2006...These shipbuilding proposals started then, to soothe
the savage marine worker beast..
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Arctic Patrol Ship Project
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Arctic Offshore Patrol Ship Project is a Government of Canada procurement project for the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) that is part of the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy.
In July 2007 the federal government announced plans for acquiring 6-8 icebreaking vessels for the RCN.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
The vessels are to be based on the Norwegian Svalbard class
and as of 2007 are projected to cost $3.1 billion CAD to construct with
a total project procurement budgeted to cost $4.3 billion in order to
cover maintenance over the 25 year lifespan of the vessels.[8]
Project History
In 2006 Prime Minister Stephen Harper had spoken about building three
to four icebreakers capable of travelling through thick ice in the Arctic Ocean.[9][10][11]
In 2007 it was announced that the Canadian Forces would purchase six to eight patrol ships having a polar class of PC-5, meaning that they were capable of limited ice breaking.[12]
This announcement was met with some controversy, and the proposed ships
have been called "slush-breakers", by Dr. Gary Stern, a scientist
aboard CCGS Amundsen, and Jack Layton of the NDP.[13][14] However, it is notable that of the nineteen Canadian Coast Guard icebreakers currently in service, only six have a polar class higher than PC 5.[15]
In 2010 the Arctic Patrol Ship Project was grouped with several other federal government ship procurement projects for the Royal Canadian Navy and Canadian Coast Guard into the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy. The NSPS announced on October 19, 2011 that Irving Shipbuilding
would be awarded the $25 billion contract for building six to eight
Arctic patrol ships as well as fifteen other warships for the RCN over
the next two decades.[16]
Design
The vessels' design was initially intended to incorporate a conventional icebreaking bow for cruising, and would have proceeded backwards for breaking heavy ice. The vessels' stern would have been designed for ice breaking and they would have employed azimuth thrusters
for propulsion and for chewing through resistant ice. However, due to
cost constraints, a conventional bow-first design was chosen for both
light and heavy icebreaking. The propulsion would be provided by
diesel-electric twin shafts with bolt on propellers, similar to existing
Canadian Coast Guard icebreakers.
The vessels will have a hangar and flight deck capable of employing
and maintaining the same maritime helicopters as the RCN's other
vessels; the CH-148 Cyclone when it enters service with the Royal Canadian Air Forces (RCAF), as well as the CH-149 Cormorant.[7]
In 2008, a contract was awarded to BMT Fleet Technology and STX Canada Marine
to assist in developing technical specifications and a design for the
project. The technical specifications were to be used to draft a Request for Proposals. The government later awarded a design contract to BMT Fleet Technology and STX Canada Marine to develop the design of the vessel for issue to the selected NSPS proponent.
October 4, 2007 · 2:10 am
Under banner of ‘expanding free trade’: Destruction of workers’ rights and livelihood in shipbuilding
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2006-2007-2008-2009-2010-2011-2012-2013?
I guarantee you these same shipbuilding
contracts, eer, I mean these winning chances to negotiate shipbuilding
contracts will still be in play and used as an election issue in 2015..
The
Shipbuilding carrots have been dangled since 2006, it`s almost 2013 and
no steel has been cut, remember what else happened in 2006/2007, Harper
removed the dis-incentive for Canadian companies who
want ships from foreign countries, it was then, at that time when
Harper brought up and bandied these shipbuilding deals, that to soothe the angry marine workers, ..We here in BC know all too well, can you say German built ferries, ..As our BC facilities were shuttered, and then Harper removed the foreign vessel import duty, that at the request of Gordon Campbell..
The Straight Goods
Cheers Eyes Wide Open
3 comments:
You're bang on with this Grant. I remember way back to the Polar 8 icebreaker that was promised over and over again but never was built.
CONS and LIBS both played into this game.
Isn't SeaSpan of, the Washington Marine Group, the same outfit Christy's brother is involved with? Every contract the Americans win, they bring their own workers such as, the tear down of the old smelter in Kitimat. The shipbuilders in this province, would likely not be found, to have the experience to build ships. Much like the BC miners have no experience, for working in coal mines. Chinese specialty miners my @$$. It's China's specialty $800 per month wages.
Harper is planning China, in the rich resources in the High Arctic. Harper has no need for patrol ships,icebreaker ships nor, fighter jets in the High North. If Harper really needed those ships, they would have been underway, a very long time ago. Canadians had better not plan on, those jobs up there either.
Of the nine new mines and mine expansions, going into Northern BC. The Americans will bring their own mines. China will bring their own miners too. China's resource workers earn, $800 per month.
Harper's Omnibull-S-Bill gives China the right to sue any Canadians, getting in China's way. China sued in BC, to take the 200 mining jobs, our 300 BC miners applied for.
This time? China is accused of hacking into both, the U.S. and Canadian secret files. This isn't the first time, China has been accused of, hacking into other country's secret files.
It is not in Harper's plans nor the BC Liberal's plans, to leave anything of value in BC, what-so-ever. We don't even get the resource jobs. Harper just shut down a, very important Search and Rescue Base.
I say? The destruction and the sellout of BC to China, began way back in Campbell's reign of terror. Mills shipped to China, along with our raw logs. Mines and mine jobs for China. Harper and Campbell worked hand in hand to kill this province. Signed a sneak deal, to force the Enbridge pipeline into BC. Forced the HST onto us.
Once I knew the personality's of yesteryear's Dictators, I just connected all the dots, leading to Harper and Campbell's lies, deceit and empty promises. Listening to what CSIS warned us about, China's huge inroads into Canada and, especially BC. Doesn't that tell us something?
Knowing Harper was Policy Chief for his, Northern Foundation Party of 1989? All of the crap going on in this country? To me, it all fits.
Traitors and Treason, is what I see. Not even another Communist country, would permit their country to be sold out to China.
This is my own opinion of, connecting the dots. Canadians have any say, in what goes on in this country? Convince me.
Wondered if you saw this item:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2013/02/20/bc-hydro-powerex-ruling.html
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