No Plans to Change Warships Despite PBO Cost Warning, Top Official Says

No Plans to Change Warships Despite PBO Cost Warning, Top Official Says
The HMCS Calgary in a file photo. Deddeda Stemler/The Canadian Press
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OTTAWA—Canada’s top military procurement official says there are no plans to change directions on the construction of a fleet of new Navy warships despite a recent warning about escalating costs from Parliament’s budget watchdog.

In an exclusive interview with The Canadian Press, Troy Crosby, the assistant deputy minister of materiel at the Department of National Defence, said he remains confident in Ottawa’s estimated price tag for the 15 vessels.