The multiplier effect is really cool:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiscal_multiplier

Also, maybe it's not 20%, maybe it's 11%, maybe it's 35%. There's some math to do here, but domestic spending multiplies as the BC government would see an increase in personal income, corporate and sales taxes that would offset the higher cost when building ships here, instead of in China.

#cdnpoli #canada #seaspan #shipbuilding #northvancouver #elbowsup #bcpoli #vancouver #burnaby #canlab

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Fiscal multiplier - Wikipedia

Looks like #Seaspan is getting ready to float the first Joint Support Ship. They moved it into a dry dock yesterday.

The two JSSs are being built at the #NorthVancouver shipyard at the foot of Pemberton Ave.

#NorthVan #Ship

Some photos of ships taken from the #NorthVancouver Shipyard pier.

#Seaspan #NorthVan

Construction on a new Coastguard ship and Navy supply ship at the #Seaspan shipyard beside MacKay Creek.

I think they started on the second supply ship (the block on right side of the second photo).

#NorthVancouver #NorthVan

Two vessels under construction at the #Seaspan shipyard in #NorthVancouver

The red and white ship in the front is a Coast Guard offshore oceanographic science vessel. The grey ship behind it is a Canadian Navy joint support ship the HMCS Protecteur.

#NorthVan #Shipyard #CoastGuard #Navy

The Canadian Coast Guard Fisheries Research Vessel #SirJohnFranklin was tied up to the #NorthVancouver shipyard pier this week.

The vessel was built in #NorthVan by #Seaspan and after a rough start entered service with the Coast Guard in 2019.

#CoastGuard #Fisheries #Research

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CCGS_Sir_John_Franklin_(2017)

CCGS Sir John Franklin (2017) - Wikipedia

No Loophole for Seaspan’s North Van Property Taxes | The Tyee

The company argued polluted lands should mean lower taxes. A judge disagreed.

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BC Labour Board Rules Workers Can’t Refuse to Cross Some Picket Lines | The Tyee

The precedent-setting decision affects strikes by federally regulated employees in the province.

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