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British corvette contracts could encourage Canadian crews

British orders put money into Canadian shipbuilding and could give Britain a reason to seek Canadian crews for some of the resulting ships.

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British corvette contracts bring shipbuilding work and money into Canada. That economic benefit could make continued construction attractive even where support for naval expansion is harder to secure. In the scenario, Britain could make further orders conditional on Canada crewing some vessels. Reserve crews are considered sufficient for that proposed arrangement.