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By Greg Kielec greg.kielec@eap.on.ca A city industry has lost a major contract producing covers for the Canadian pass- port as a result of cost-cutting by the fed- eral government. Columbia Finishing Mills has been pro- ducing the cover for Canadian passports for 30 years. But it lost the $1 million contract when the government issued an interna- tional tender for new high-tech passports containing a computer chip. Dan Plourde, sales manager with Co- lumbia Finishing, said the new tender was heavily weighted toward pricing, forcing the main contractor – Canadian Bank Note in Ottawa – to find a cheaper sub-contrac- tor for the cover in Europe. The loss of the contract, which comprised 25 to 30 per cent of the factory’s sales, will dramatically affect the small company’s “bottom line”, Plourde said. “So we will have a layoff. We will have a few people let go.” Although it was Canadian Bank Note which ultimately decided to outsource the cover production to an offshore company, Plourde says the federal government “left it open” to send the work offshore. “Seventy per cent of the contract was on price and Canadian content was not important. That’s the part that really troubled me the most.” News of the contract loss prompted a fiery letter from the Cornwall and Area Chamber of Commerce president Rick Shaver. “The Canadian passport is a document respected around the world and is carried with pride by millions of Canadians. While many of these passport holders will likely be unaware of the government’s intention, the chamber believes they would be deeply troubled to learn that the document’s cov- er has been ‘sold-out’ to a foreign country where it will now be manufactured.” City firm loses passport cover contract A Cornwall firm has lost the contract to produce the cover for Canadian pass- ports, something it has been producing for the government for 30 years.
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