2y ago

Cost of Canada's new flagship ocean science vessel jumps to $1.28B

The scientific vessel to replace the decommissioned Canadian Coast Guard Ship Hudson is now $1 billion over its original budget.

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Military procurement is ridiculously expensive, but...we need these damn ships.
- This one's not military, but a research vessel for Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
  
  Research or not it is Coast Guard, which is...well, military-adjacent, at least.
That's the cost of keeping ship building industry alive in Canada. It's likely cheaper if the Koreans or Chinese built it.
WHEN a project-cost increases TO A FACTOR-OF-5-TIMES the budgeted cost,
THEN criminal-convictions should be happening.
Just as normal commercial-contracts have a "kill this contract" point, for noncompliance, so too must public-taxpayer-payed projects, at 1.4x or 2x hard-max.
Extortion isn't acceptable, "just because it is government".
Take that extra-billion out of elected-authorities' pensions & pay!
Make the ones who mismanage pay.
Accountability, right?
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