{"id":786562,"date":"2026-07-07T18:06:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T18:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/786562\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T18:06:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T18:06:07","slug":"sault-mayor-disappointed-in-ottawas-decision-to-buy-subs-from-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/786562\/","title":{"rendered":"Sault mayor disappointed in Ottawa&#8217;s decision to buy subs from Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ottawa appears to have sunk Algoma Steel&#8217;s plans to provide steel to submarines made by Korean-based Hanwha Ocean.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Matthew Shoemaker said this is a disappointing outcome for Sault Ste. Marie, referring to the federal government&#8217;s reported decision to buy submarines from a German manufacturer instead of a Korean shipbuilder that planned to use Algoma Steel.<\/p>\n<p>Shoemaker was referring to the Carney government&#8217;s decision to select Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems of Germany as the preferred supplier to deliver new subs to the Royal Canadian Navy. The decision deep-sixes Algoma Steel&#8217;s partnership with a competing bidder,\u00a0Hanwha Ocean of South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hanwha Ocean\u2019s proposal included a significant partnership with Algoma Steel that had the potential to create new demand for Canadian steel, support investment in our local mill and make the Sault a stronger link in the defence industry supply chain,&#8221; Shoemaker said in a statement to SooToday.<\/p>\n<p>He met with the company when representatives <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sootoday.com\/local-news\/algoma-steel-mayor-met-with-south-korean-submarine-builder-12146967\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">travelled to the Sault in April.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While the federal government will set out the justifications for their expected decision, the need to support Canada\u2019s steel industry has not changed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With U.S. steel tariffs continuing to impact Algoma and others, the time is now for the federal government to ensure other opportunities exist to increase the use of Canadian-made steel in major infrastructure, defence and industrial projects,&#8221; the mayor said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sault Ste. Marie is ready to be part of that future. The continued development of the Port of Sault Ste. Marie presents a major opportunity to strengthen Canada\u2019s industrial supply chains, diversify our local economy and create good-paying jobs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We look forward to working with HOPA Ports and our provincial and federal partners to make it happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ottawa appears to have sunk Algoma Steel&#8217;s plans to provide steel to submarines made by Korean-based Hanwha Ocean.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":606792,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[278042,49,48,278043,20739],"class_list":["post-786562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-algoma-steel-group-inc-sault-ste-marie","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ont-hanwha-oceanfederal-government-submarine-program","tag-ottawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=786562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/606792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=786562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=786562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=786562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}