VIDEO: Shipbuilding Action Plan Arrives in Shelburne

Shipbuilding firms in Shelburne are attending a supplier development information session today on the Atlantic Shipbuilding Action Plan. The Irving owned yard will see a large increase in work and employment when the federal ship building contract gets underway. South Shore-St. Margarets MP Gerald Keddy addressed the session this morning, with a lot of emphasis on youth. "But the other great opportunity here is for an entire generation of young people to have a choice to work in Nova Scotia versus going somewhere else. For far too long we haven't been able to give them the option - quite frankly - of staying, now that option will be open to them," Keddy says the session is designed to help businesses position themselves to become suppliers or sub-contractors to through the Shipbuilding contract. "This gives them an opportunity to ramp up and actually go out there and become certified, if they are not certified already and they will get a very good message from ACOA, Irving and other presenters on what exactly is needed for them to tap into these contracts," Today's event in Shelburne is the final information session hosted by ACOA and Irving Shipbuilding.