God damn pathetic. I bet Irving made a ton of profit on building these pieces of crap.
https://nationalpost.com/news/nation...box=1671148591
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A probe revealed some fittings and valves in the potable water system were manufactured from alloys that exceeded the allowable amount of lead, DND confirmed
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Drinking water on board the Canadian navy’s new fleet of Arctic patrol ships is believed to be contaminated with lead, forcing the military to provide crews with bottled water.
An investigation has revealed that some fittings and valves in the potable water system were manufactured from alloys that exceeded the allowable amount of lead, National Defence has confirmed. Irving Shipbuilding installed the fittings and valves on HMCS Harry DeWolf, HMCS Margaret Brooke, HMCS Max Bernays, and HMCS William Hall.
Royal Canadian Navy sailors contacted this newspaper to provide details of the potentially lead-contaminated water as they believed the navy and National Defence were trying to hide the problem from the public.
Information about the water problems was later confirmed by National Defence.
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Irving Shipbuilding has come up with a solution to install a filtration system as well as potentially replace the problematic fittings and valves, National Defence noted in its statement. Taxpayers, however, could end up paying extra for that even though the department acknowledged that Irving used fittings and valves manufactured from alloys that exceeded lead requirements outlined in the build contract. Negotiations on who pays is currently under discussion, according to National Defence.
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It shouldn't be a negotiation. Tell them if they don't fix these pieces of crap that they've built and if there's one fricken fault on the future surface combatant ships, then its the last contract they'll ever get. But then again The Irving's are close to the Liberal Party and the Trudeau family.
As it stands they promised on the Frigate build that they had the ship yards and equipment to build the type 26's, and now they're asking for a 3rd of a billion to upgrade their facilities. I had high hopes for Anita Anaud coming over from procurement, but she feels like the last Minister of National Defense without the honor stealing BS.
No wonder they're having recruiting problems in the Military. Substandard equipment being built, rusted out equipment that will get them blown away and a defense minister that had capital money to spend and sent it back to general accounting.
Our Military is on its way to being a constabulary, and would lose a battle to a semi determined boy scout troop.