The Metro Vancouver company awarded an eight-billion dollar shipbuilding contract by the federal government has started hiring. The President of Seaspan Shipyards, Brian Carter, says 35 senior positions have been filled in the last 11 months. "Technical shipbuilders, engineers, planners, program managers. We'll hire another 35 people in 2013 … [Read more...]
B.C. MP says government picked winners, losers in shipbuilding contracts
October 20, 2011 by
Federal Opposition Leader Nycole Turmel opened fire on the Harper Conservatives today for awarding multi-billion-dollar shipbuilding contracts this week to B.C. and Nova Scotia, but not Quebec. British Columbia MP Peter Julian (Burnaby-New Westminster) says he agrees with his party's leader. Julian applauds the influx of jobs coming … [Read more...]
B.C. celebrates 2nd-place shipbuilding deal
October 19, 2011 by
NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. - British Columbia may have earned the second-place prize in a huge federal government shipbuilding contract, but supporters say there are still eight billion reasons to celebrate.Premier Christy Clark and the rest of her caucus cheered when they heard that B.C.'s Seaspan Shipyards won the $ 8-billion contract to build … [Read more...]
