With just five weeks to go until the House of Commons powers down for the summer which, as Process Nerd notes, works out to just 22 sitting days, of which only 17 can be devoted to government business the most time-sensitive item on Team Trudeau’s to-do list is Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s omnibus budget bill, the only piece of legislation that must make it to the finish line before the June 23 deadline.
A brief recap, for those who may have lost track of its inexorably slow progress through the House: Although the 366-page opus first hit the parliamentary docket on April 30, it’s still inching its way through second reading, which means it hasn’t even made it through its first make-or-break vote.
At committee: Shipbuilding, seniors and budget pre-study By Kady O Malley. Published on May 25, 2021 6:30am House and Senate committees are set to get back to work after a week-long parliamentary recess. (Jolson Lim/iPolitics) FINANCE, which is slated to reconvene this afternoon to hear from the Canadian Association of Retired Persons, Foundation for Black Communities, Startup Canada and Alliance de l’industrie touristique du Québec. (4 – 6 PM)
The bill is also being pre-studied by several Senate committees, including
NATIONAL FINANCE, which will host a panel discussion with the mayors of Charlottetown, Stratford and Cornwall later this morning. (10:30 – 11:30 AM)
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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, MPs will begin going through the fine print of a recently released report from the federal auditor general on the National Shipbuilding Strategy, which, as per those findings, has been “slow to deliver the combat and non-combat ships that Canada needs to meet its d
UK launches tender for 3 new Fleet Solid Support ships May 25, 2021, by Naida Hakirevic
On 21 May, UK’s Defence Secretary Ben Wallace launched a competition to build three new Fleet Solid Support (FSS) ships to provide vital support to Royal Navy operations across the world.
As explained, these crucial Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels will provide munitions, food, stores and provisions to support carrier and amphibious based task groups at sea.
The competition is expected to help revitalise British shipbuilding by requiring a significant proportion of the build and assembly work to be carried out in the UK.
Designed to challenge the shipbuilding industry, Defence Equipment and Support have issued the contract notice inviting companies to register an interest in participating in the tender for the design and build of the ships, which will incorporate next-generation technology.
Fleet Solid Support ships competition launched
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has launched a competition to build three new Fleet Solid Support (FSS) ships to provide vital support to Royal Navy operations across the world.
From: Fleet Solid Support ships will provide support to carrier and amphibious Task Groups at sea.
These crucial Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels will provide munitions, food, stores and provisions to support carrier and amphibious based Task Groups at sea.
Building on the commitment made in the recent Defence Command Paper to create a shipbuilding renaissance, the competition will help revitalise British shipbuilding by requiring a significant proportion of the build and assembly work to be carried out in the UK.
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