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Government Operations committee There's been tremendous progress at the Seaspan shipyards in Vancouver. In December, the first OFSV ship was launched, which was a historic moment. We're expecting the launch of the next two Coast Guard vessels this year. With that certainly comes jobs in the community, and as th
May 10th, 2018Committee meeting
Michael Vandergrift
Government Operations committee That is absolutely a key issue. On the west coast with Seaspan in Vancouver, we're looking at options on how we could accelerate the start of the construction of the joint supply ships project as a way to help fill in the gap there. That work is going on right now.
May 10th, 2018Committee meeting
Michael Vandergrift
Government Operations committee The design work is under way right now. The question is, are there parts of the design that are sufficiently well established that could move to early construction? That's what's being looked at right now.
May 10th, 2018Committee meeting
Michael Vandergrift
Government Operations committee That's the point we're trying to move on now.
May 10th, 2018Committee meeting
Michael Vandergrift
Government Operations committee We're in the act of negotiations with the yard on this right now, so it's on both parties to finalize this.
May 10th, 2018Committee meeting
Michael Vandergrift
Government Operations committee I don't have those numbers in front of me.
May 10th, 2018Committee meeting
Michael Vandergrift
Government Operations committee We're quite hopeful we can minimize it substantially with this step. That's the work that is going on right now.
May 10th, 2018Committee meeting
Michael Vandergrift
Government Operations committee That's the active work with the yard right now, to finalize that, so that we have that.
May 10th, 2018Committee meeting
Michael Vandergrift
Government Operations committee Yes, we're actively working on this. There are questions around the number of layoffs, for example, which is being looked at right now. As well, as we talked about before, on the CSC, we'll be making sure that it moves according to schedule.
May 10th, 2018Committee meeting
Michael Vandergrift
Government Operations committee The Department of National Defence does all the costing in “Strong, Secure, Engaged”. They're responsible for doing the full life-cycle costing of those. I'm not sure if they've included it in that or not. That's in the Department of National Defence.
May 10th, 2018Committee meeting
Michael Vandergrift
Government Operations committee They do the full costing of those projects, including the life-cycle cost. That would be more in the realm of when you start operating and maintaining a piece of equipment, which is their responsibility.
May 10th, 2018Committee meeting
Michael Vandergrift
Government Operations committee I think they're working out the arrangements around the management of it, because of the sensitive information in the RFP. There have been exchanges of correspondence between the PBO and the deputy minister on this.
December 6th, 2018Committee meeting
Michael Vandergrift
Government Operations committee The deputy minister has written to the Parliamentary Budget Officer offering to provide the RFP and making arrangements around.... People have particular security clearances—
December 6th, 2018Committee meeting
Michael Vandergrift
Government Operations committee It's the RFP for surface combatants.
December 6th, 2018Committee meeting
Michael Vandergrift
Government Operations committee That will have to be worked out with the deputy minister and the Parliamentary Budget Office. The request has been for the RFP, as I understand it.
December 6th, 2018Committee meeting
Michael Vandergrift