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House Hansard - 221

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
September 20, 2023 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 221 - Sep/20/23
Mrs. Julie Vignola (Beauport—Limoilou, BQ)
  • Sep/20/23 2:59:58 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, when the federal government finally appointed Davie as the third partner in the national shipbuilding strategy, we thought things would get better in Quebec City. Has anything changed? No, nothing has changed. The federal government gave Irving nearly $500 million to modernize its shipyard. How much did they give to Davie? Nothing. How many of the seven icebreaker contracts the Prime Minister promised in April during a nice photo op went to Davie? None. It got no subsidies and no contracts. As of today, how many dollars has the federal government committed to Davie?
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Context: House Hansard - 221 - Sep/20/23
Hon. Jean-Yves Duclos (Minister of Public Services and Procurement, Lib.)
  • Sep/20/23 3:02:01 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would be delighted to give my colleague a briefing. I think she forgot what she heard last spring, and that is that the workers are not waiting for contracts. The shipyard has already been given contracts. Nearly 1,000 people are working at the shipyard as we speak. There will be contracts for the next 20 to 25 years and thousands more workers will be hired, not to mention the tens of thousands of others who will work for the 1,300 suppliers. That is wonderful news for the Quebec City region, and I would invite my colleague to celebrate that as we are.
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