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We should set up a Royal Commission into the shortcomings of the National Shipbuilding Strategy – except, of course, the ships would be built before it concluded anything.
Such is the nature of galloping – or more accurately, prancing – bureaucracy in this country.
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The Auditor General’s report into the shipbuilding program landed Thursday and concluded that the departments of National Defence, Fisheries and Oceans, Public Services and Procurement and Innovation, Science and Economic Development did not manage the process in a manner that supported timely renewal of the federal large vessel fleet – a fact it pointed out is important because it could leave us with a capability gap, where we have insufficient frigates and coastguard ships to perform critical operations.
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