Ontario's Economic Development Minister Vic Fedeli knows he has to hustle to secure job-creating developments with defence industry ties for his province — now that Ottawa is poised to move quickly on major military purchases.
With the navy looking to place a rush order for submarines and the Swedish defence firm Saab dangling the prospect of assembling fighter jets in Canada, there's a race on to secure defence-related industrial development and the well-paid jobs that come with them.
The chief salesman for Canada's most populous province visited the TKMS submarine manufacturing shipyard in Kiel, Germany earlier this month, and plans to head next to the Hanwha shipyard in South Korea, likely in the new year.