CBC reports that the Canadian Coast Guard is in bad shape.
- Their ships are old.
- Increased maintenance is eating into their budget and restricting asset availablity.
- Their new Polar Icebreaker is still a decade away.
- They have been under funded for decades.
Sounds familiar doesn’t it. In fact, as if to excuse the problems they say, look the USCG has the same problems.
Delays in starting the Canadian polar icebreaker. http://thechronicleherald.ca/canada/1423138-new-delay-slows-construction-of-navy-supply-ships-polar-icebreaker
Current prediction 2022 or ’23. It was originally expected in 2018.