On Boxing Day of 2024, we share one of the most listened-to podcasts of 2024.
In this episode of the Insights Podcast, we focus on Canada’s National Shipbuilding Strategy and the impact of that strategy on Atlantic Canada. Building ships for the Navy is a complex and complicated endeavour. There is probably no other group than the Irvings that could compete and win a national bid to build those ships in Halifax.
Irving Shipbuilding has 2,400 people working to complete the Arctic Offshore Patrol Ships (AOPS) portion of its contract and is ready to begin building the combatant “River Class” ships.
They have developed a skilled and capable workforce and given Canada the sovereign ability to build its military ships.
Since the beginning of the AOPS program, the company has spent more than $500 million in the region and has contracts with more than 130 companies.
In our conversation with their CEO, Dirk Lesko, a veteran shipbuilder, he talks about the further investments needed to prepare for the combatant program, his pride in his leadership group and labour force and how the current shipbuilding facilities compare globally.
It is a big deal for our region and well worth a listen.
