Blank cheque : National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy puts all Canadians at risk / Michael Byers and Stewart Webb.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Byers, Michael, 1966- author.

Webb, Stewart, author.

Contributor:

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, issuing body.

Rideau Institute (Ottawa, Ont.), issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shipbuilding industry--Canada.

Shipbuilding industry.

Shipbuilding contracts--Canada.

Shipbuilding contracts.

Defense contracts--Canada.

Defense contracts.

Canada--Armed Forces.

Canada.

Canada. Royal Canadian Navy--Procurement.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (39 pages) : colour illustrations.

Distribution:

Beaconsfield, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2014.

Other Title:

National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy puts all Canadians at risk.

Place of Publication:

[Ottawa, Ontario] : Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives = Centre canadien de politiques alternatives : Rideau Institute = Institut Rideau, [2013]

Summary:

"In June 2010, the Harper government announced the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy (NSPS), a long-term plan to renew the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) and Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) fleets. It projected a cost of $35 billion for replacement vessels, plus refit-and-repair work amounting to an additional $500 million annually. ... In November 2013, the Auditor General of Canada reported that the full cost of the NSPS would be approximately $105 billion.7 This higher figure included 30 years of life-cycle costs, such as salaries, fuel, and ammunition. Life-cycle costs are necessarily approximate since the price of fuel and other commodities can fluctuate, and unexpected technological advances can require updates to communication, sensor and weapon systems. The Auditor General did not examine the accuracy of the Harper government's projected acquisition costs"--pages 5-6.

Contents:

Introduction

Canada's traditional approach to shipbuilding

Naval procurement in other NATO countries

NSPS: a novel approach

A/OPS: overly-expensive compromise vessels

Missing step

Lack of oversight

Selecting ship designs

Inflation

Communication, sensor and weapon systems

Industrial regional benefits

Delays

Umbrella agreement

Conclusions

Recommendations

Concluding note

References

Notes.

Notes:

"December 2013".

Issued as part of the Canadian Electronic Library, Documents collection, and Canadian public policy collection.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 26-31).

Title from cover.

OCLC:

872592086

Publisher Number:

240652 CaOOCEL (Public Documents)