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MacLeod said the massive project will require the time, talent, products and services of hundreds of companies over several years, noting the project will provide continuous employment for about 1,400 people. The bulk of the work will be done at Seaspan’s North Vancouver Shipyard, which was purpose-built for the polar icebreaker project. Liberal cabinet ministers announced Thursday the government had doubled the number of heavy icebreakers it will build over the next decade, with Seaspan and Quebec-based Chantier Davie being given one each. The surprise announcement followed nearly two years of questions and intense lobbying from the shipyards over Ottawa’s plans for the CCGS John G. Diefenbaker.
An artists rendering of a new Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker is shown in a handout. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the Canadian Coast Guard
The Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Louis S. St-Laurent sails past a iceberg in Lancaster Sound, Friday, July 11, 2008. The federal government revealed plans to build two new heavy icebreakers for the Canadian Coast Guard. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward Victoria Shipyards and Island-based marine suppliers are likely to reap economic benefits after Seaspan Shipyards was awarded a contract for one of Canada’s new heavy icebreakers. “We have a pretty rich and skilled supply chain community on the Island and in Victoria all boats rise when you have a massive program like the polar icebreaker,” said Amy MacLeod, vice-president of corporate affairs for Vancouver-based Seaspan. “The opportunities are not just for Seaspan, they are for the marine industry.”
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