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Value of New Construction, Repair and Conversions by Member Yards by Region and Destination 1982-1984 (Thousands of Dollars) 1983 1984

Area Domestic Foreign Total Domestic Foreign Total

West Coast

Great Lakes &

St. Lawrence

East Coast 140,506 199,747 110,645 13,078 33,484 88,505 153,584 233,231 199,150 153,556 235,077 91,005 17,379 1,956 39,916 170,935 237,033 130,921

Total 450,898 135,067 585,965 479,638 59,251 538,889

Value of Repair and Conversions by Member Yards by Region and Destination 1982-1984 (Thousands of Dollars)

Area 1983 1984

Domestic Foreign Total Domestic Foreign Total

West Coast 60,517 13,078 73,595 76,479 17,333 93,812

Great Lakes 39,140 156 39,296 39,316 100 39.416

St. Lawrence 33,833 1,700 35,533 51,499 1,856 53,355

East Coast 51,293 4,505 55,798 60,186 3,916 64,102

Total 184.783 19,439 204,222 227,480 23,205 250,685

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Production Summary

CSSRA shipyards, which account for 95 percent of all vessels built in

Canada 100 gross tonnage or more, had 32 vessels of 151,700 GT under construction or on order at Decem- ber 31, 1984. Of these, 21 vessels, or 59,400 GT, were orders for the fed- eral government. Federal govern- ment orders represented 39.2 per- cent of all new tonnage under con- struction or on order at the end of constantly warned of the fragile state of the industry.

A joint Government/Industry meeting held on Parliament Hill

January 23, 1985 unanimously en- dorsed resolutions to strengthen the industry. We are confident that im- plementation of these proposals will result in the revitalization of the industry and employment, includ- ing the generating effect, for over 42,000 Canadians.

Canada has historically been a nation of ships and shipbuilders.

Canadian shipyards have remained remarkably resilient during the worldwide shipbuilding crisis, through the late '70's and early '80's.

But last year saw the failure of two

Nova Scotia yards. One was taken over by new management from ULS

International Inc. while the provin- cial government is currently nego- tiating for a new buyer for Halifax

Industries.

Because of the major government ship procurements during the year,

Allied Industries marine production increased 1.5 percent. The CSSRA had a record 71 Allied members at the end of 1984. Many of our allied industries depend on healthy ship order books and their future is closely tied to the shipbuilding in- dustry.

Last year the CSSRA submitted a brief to the Task Force on Deep-Sea

Shipping, a follow-up brief to the

Royal Commission on the Economic

Union and Development Prospects for Canada, a personal brief to new

Regional Industrial Expansion Min- ister Sinclair Stevens in October and a brief on the temporary entry situation was released in December.

Another brief was presented at the joint Government/Industry meeting in January, 1985. All our briefs and comments were well received, but we have seen virtually no action on our recommendations.

The Canadian shipbuilding and allied industries are capable of fill- ing domestic requirements. Many yards have upgraded facilities and with the cooperation of their unions have adopted realistic labour prac- tices to meet this challenge. (continued on page 79)

June, 1985

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