[someone123]

Meh, this is pretty much the same old annoying negativism. When Vancouver got the contract you didn't hear people harping on how it won't actually be that significant because it won't be spent 100% locally, or how it will be offset by union issues. I doubt that the Halifax contract is exceptional in terms of its need for subcontracting and so forth. The reality is that if you build something like billion-dollar ships you are going to have to involve many different areas and ship in parts from outside unless you want to incur unnecessary costs just so you can say everything was done locally.

The shipbuilding contract is about as close to unmitigated success as you can get for a city's economy.