“There is a degree of nervousness” on the Irving side, said one industry source.Ī spokeswoman for Irving said the company had no comment. There is a degree of nervousness” on the Irving side, said one industry source defence companies to hand classified information related to their weapons systems over to Irving, a third party, instead of directly to the government. However, sources said there are concerns in government circles about the risk of cost overruns, not to mention the challenges caused by asking U.S. “While three preliminary services contracts have been awarded to (Irving) for work relating to the CSC project the definition contract for CSC has not yet been awarded.”Ī spokeswoman for new Public Services minister Judy Foote said Thursday: “Discussions on the process of selecting a warship designer and combat systems integrator are ongoing.” “We will be able to guarantee the delivery of current procurements for the navy, we will keep those promises for the Halifax shipyards,” he said in September.Īs Postmedia reported last month, Public Services and Procurement Canada has confirmed that no contract has been signed between the government and Irving, even though Irving has been designated prime contractor for the “definition and implementation” phase. Justin Trudeau promised as much during the election. Sources said the choice of Irving’s Halifax yard as the construction site for the combat vessels is not in question. However, that process stopped “dead in its tracks” after the new Liberal government indicated its plans for a new ad hoc Cabinet committee, chaired by environment minister Catherine McKenna, to review key projects including the warship program and the plan to replace the CF-18 fighter jets. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
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