Ottawa Misses Own Deadline on Inking Deal With Quebec Shipyard to Build Icebreakers

The entrance of the Davie shipyard in Levis, Que., on Sept. 17, 2021. The Canadian Press/Jacques Boissinot

Ottawa has quietly missed its own deadline for finalizing an agreement with a Quebec shipyard so it can start work on Canada’s next fleet of icebreakers.

The federal procurement department said last summer that it planned to have finished negotiations with Chantier Davie by the end of the year.