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Should the Liberal government decide to go with the ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) bid, the German shipbuilder has now pledged to deliver four Type 212-CD submarines to the Canadian Navy by 2036, the country\u2019s defence minister tells CBC News.<\/p>\n
Boris Pistorius said Wednesday that he has every confidence that the company will meet the delivery goal, which emerged early on as one of the major competitive differences between TKMS and South Korea\u2019s Hanwha Ocean shipyard.<\/p>\n
“They say we are able to do so. That’s deliverable of the proposal, of the offer,” Pistorius said in an exclusive interview on the margins of the Ottawa arms expo CANSEC, put on by the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries.<\/p>\n
“They say they can do that and I trust them because I have only good experiences with them. They only promise what they can really achieve.”<\/p>\n
WATCH | Details of German and Norwegian submarine proposal:![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779968409_412_default.jpg\")
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Germany’s submarine bid pledges $86B investment, jobs in Canada<\/p>\n
Under pressure to beat South Korea’s bid, Germany is committing to provide four completed vessels by 2036, along with infrastructure and military investments worth tens of billions of dollars, CBC News has learned.Concerns around delivery timeline<\/p>\n
Almost from the outset of the competition last year, Hanwha stated it could deliver four of its KSS-III submarines to Canada by 2035. The date is important because the Canadian navy plans to retire all of its current Victoria-Class submarines by then. As it stands, only one-of-four existing boats is operational and the navy urgently requires replacement.<\/p>\n
TKMS had been fuzzy on how it could match the timeline. But Pistorius acknowledged that both Germany and Norway \u2014 also a partner in the program \u2014 have offered to give up one boat each from existing orders for their own navies in order to help meet the Canadian demand. The shipbuilder would also then prioritize the next two boats for Canada.<\/p>\n
Pistorius said both Germany and Norway would make up the loss later in the production schedule, and in his view it\u2019s important for allied solidarity.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
“We are absolutely convinced that it is in our joint interest in NATO and between Europe and Canada to strengthen all the capabilities of our Canadian allies,” Pistorius said.<\/p>\n
“It is about reliability among partners and allies. It’s about a joint and mutual perspective on the threats we all have to face together. And this is about focusing on the areas in which the threat is the most relevant and present. And this, of course, for example, the High North, the Arctic, the North Atlantic.”<\/p>\n
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German defence minister says NATO capabilities wouldn’t be hurt by Canada jumping submarine queue<\/p>\n
German Minister of Defence Boris Pistorius tells CBC News that he trusts German submarine builder TKMS to deliver if Canada decides to purchase its boats. ‘We are talking about NATO requirements, NATO capabilities, so there is nothing to lose,’ he said.German pitch includes range of investments<\/p>\n
This week, CBC News had a chance to examine a summary of specific information related to the German submarine pitch.<\/p>\n
The government in Berlin is looking at a wide range of investments in the Canadian economy \u2014 both military projects associated with the submarines and projects outside of defence.<\/p>\n
For example the Germans are proposing a partnership with Alberta for a carbon capture facility using skipyard\u2019s technology. It\u2019s also willing to invest in turning the Port of Churchill in Manitoba into a major export hub \u2014 especially for liquified natural gas (LNG).<\/p>\n
On the defence side, TKMS is planning to build submarine maintenance facilities on both coasts. But separately there are proposals to build a factory to make heavy torpedoes and develop hypersonic missiles.<\/p>\n
All of this adds up to billions of dollars of investment and possibly tens of thousands of jobs over the decades.<\/p>\n
South Korea has made similar promises, if they get the contract.<\/p>\n
What makes this German bid different is that most of the projects they\u2019re proposing are frontloaded and can be up and running in two years.<\/p>\n
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Prime Minister Mark Carney, second from right, pretends to put a model submarine in his pocket as he and Minister of Industry Melanie Joly, far right, speak with Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems CEO Oliver Burkhard, far left, and Germany’s Federal Minister of Defence Boris Pistorius, during a tour of a submarine-building facility in Kiel, Germany, last August. (Christinne Muschi\/The Canadian Press)<\/p>\n