Germany and Norway offer Canada early access to new submarines in pitch to join project

Open this photo in gallery: The model of a class 212 CD submarine from the joint procurement program of the Norwegian and German navies at the Haakonsvern naval base.Annette Riedl/Reuters A joint German-Norwegian project to build new diesel-electric submarines is pitching Canada to join the program, with one of the selling points being that Ottawa would get early access to a boat on the initial production line so it could meet targets for acquiring these new vessels. In September, Canada formally began looking for up to 12 new under-ice capable submarines, as part of an effort to demonstrate to NATO…