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e-1975 (Federal government contracts)
- Keywords
- Government contracts
- Inquiries and public inquiries
- Province of Quebec
- Shipbuilding industry
E-petition
Initiated by Pierre Drapeau from Lévis, Quebec
Original language of petition: French
Petition to the Government of Canada
Whereas:
- The Davie shipyard alone accounts for more than 50% of Canada’s shipbuilding production capacity;
- Quebec has so far received less than 3% of the $100 billion in contracts to renew the federal fleet, while Quebec taxpayers account for more than 23% of federal taxpayers;
- The Davie shipyard lost 1,400 workers due to the federal government’s refusal to award its fair share of federal contracts;
- More than 1,000 jobs were cut because of the drop in subcontracts awarded to Quebec companies making up the Davie shipyard supply chain;
- The Halifax and Vancouver shipyards have still not delivered a single ship despite more than $75 billion in contracts since 2011.
We, the undersigned, business leaders, citizens and residents of Quebec, call upon the Government of Canada to grant Quebec its fair share of the $23 billion in contracts by October 2019. We also call for the opening of a Royal Commission of Inquiry to shed light on potential irregularities in the awarding of contracts for the National Shipbuilding Strategy.
- Open for signature
- January 9, 2019, at 11:53 a.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- May 9, 2019, at 11:53 a.m. (EDT)
