LONDON - Prime Minister Mark Carney says the federal government is spending $2 billion over the next four years to build up Canada's fleet of armoured vehicles.

The new contract will see the firm’s facility in London churn out 190 armoured combat support vehicles over four years, Carney said.

LONDON - Prime Minister Mark Carney says the federal government is spending $2 billion over the next four years to build up Canada's fleet of armoured vehicles.

Les 190 «véhicules blindés de soutien au combat» seront construits dans une usine de London, en Ontario.

Ottawa says the deal will support about 6,000 jobs, most of them in the London region, over eight years.