Canadian Queen Elizabeths would not instantly create battleship yards

Would Canada buying three Queen Elizabeths create the infrastructure to build major warships by the Second World War?

The ships were expected to come from British yards, so the purchase alone would not create Canadian battleship construction, though supporting them could build toward stronger destroyer-scale capability.

The proposed Canadian battleships would have come from British yards, so the purchase itself would not establish domestic capital-ship construction. The cheaper design retained Queen Elizabeth's speed and armor but placed all four 15-inch turrets at deck level, with no superfiring pairs. A conventional arrangement was also under consideration and had Royal Navy support. One possible procurement tactic was to win approval for the cheaper ship before arguing that a modest extra cost justified the conventional layout. The structure reportedly allowed that further development, although the motive remains a suspicion rather than an established decision. A sustained Canadian naval program could still build toward destroyer construction by the Second World War.