Navy and Coast Guard’s Shipbuilding Plan Plagued by Delays, Auditor General Says

Navy and Coast Guard’s Shipbuilding Plan Plagued by Delays, Auditor General Says
Workers climb scaffolding on a Joint Support Ship being built for the Royal Canadian Navy at Seaspan Shipyards in North Vancouver, B.C., on Oct. 9, 2020. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press
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OTTAWA—Federal auditor general Karen Hogan delivered a stark warning Thursday that government mismanagement is threatening to leave the navy and coast guard without the ships they need to defend Canada and protect its waterways.

The warning is contained in a new report tabled in the House of Commons that offers a scathing assessment of the state of Ottawa’s multibillion−dollar national shipbuilding strategy nearly 10 years after it was launched.