The Canadian government is going to require more than 100 new ships over the next quarter century to take care of critical assignments overseas and along Canada's coasts.
Canadian government needs a national strategy to ensure that they have a viable Canadian shipbuilding industry. Formulating that strategy is going to be essential to Canadian's maritime security and vital to Canada's economy. Parliament should legislate a plan and develop institutional support for this strategy. Canada is going to need about 133 new vessels of a significant size over the next 25 years, plus refits. The Department of National Defense is probably going to need at least 45 ships, including the modernization of 12 frigates and their future replacement, as well as four new destroyers, eight arctic/offshore patrol vessels and refits for four submarines. A secure shipbuilding industry could play a big part in Canada's economic future.
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