Prime Minister Mark Carney (R) and Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems CEO Oliver Burkhardt (C) speak with Captain Jeremy in front of a 212A class submarine under maintenance as they tour the submarine building facility in Kiel, Germany on Aug. 26, 2025. The Canadian Press/Christinne Muschi
The head of a Germany company bidding to win Canada’s lucrative submarine contract said it is possible to build its submarines, or part of them, in Canada—but probably not any time soon.
If Ottawa wants anything like that baked into a deal for the Royal Canadian Navy’s next fleet of patrol submarines, it should come at the end of the contract, many years down the line, to mitigate risks to the major, multi-billion dollar procurement project.
