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Transcript: A century of prosperity: The Esquimalt Graving Dock

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(Music plays)

(Text on screen: Making better possible)

(Shots of the Esquimalt Graving Dock.)

(Angelina Bennetts speaks.)

(Shot of Angelina Bennetts speaking.)

(Text on screen: Angelina Bennetts, Dock Operator, Esquimalt Graving Dock, Public Services and Procurement Canada)

(Historic family photos followed by various footage of machinery and people working around the Esquimalt Graving Dock facility.)

My great-grandfather, my grandfather and my great-uncle would ride their bikes down here every day for day hires. And I guess as the story goes, if you were here to be hired you'd come to dock bottom and wait for the supervisors up top to throw wooden tokens down. And if you caught a wooden token you were hired for the day.

(Dan Cleemoff speaks.)

(Shot of Dan Cleemoff speaking.)

(Text on screen: Dan Cleemoff, Security, Health and Safety Officer, Esquimalt Graving Dock, Public Services and Procurement Canada)

I’ve grown up here all my life. I’m the 3rd generation. My family, grandfather and my father both worked in the shipyard and they both spent time here at the Esquimalt Graving Dock. I feel really proud of being part of that. The Esquimalt Graving Dock is a huge economic benefit for not only just Esquimalt but Victoria, and B.C. and in Canada in general.

(Various historical images of Esquimalt Graving Dock.)

(Footage of Dan speaking, followed by various footage of machinery and people working at the Esquimalt Graving Dock.)

(Stafford Bingham speaks.)

(Text on screen: Stafford Bingham, Director, Esquimalt Graving Dock, Public Services and Procurement Canada)

(Various footage of Stafford speaking, machinery and people working around the Esquimalt Graving Dock, and a large cruise ship being repaired in the dock.)

The Esquimalt Graving Dock is a unique facility in Canada as it’s one of the only multi-user open-access facilities. And what that means is that the facility is owned and operated by the federal government but any outside ship repair contractor, commercial venture can come here and use our facilities and repair ships. The annual economic impact of the graving dock is estimated at about $183 million a year. We support normally anywhere between 1,300 and 2,000 high-paying skilled paying jobs.

The Esquimalt Graving Dock is operated by approximately 54 federal public servants that work for PSPC and they range from crane operators, to electricians, to our admin staff, to property and facility managers, and all of us that are responsible for this place day in and day out.

(Peter Storie speaks.)

(Text on screen: Peter Storie, Plant and Maintenance Supervisor, Esquimalt Graving Dock, Public Services and Procurement Canada)

(Footage of Peter speaking followed by various footage of Peter and people working around machinery at the Esquimalt Graving Dock facility.)

I grew up in Toronto, Ontario. Once I got to the coast I was bitten by the sea bug and one of the reasons why I came to the Esquimalt Graving Dock is that I have to be around the ocean and the saltwater. But probably more important, the people here are fantastic and excellent to work with. The people that work here are basically a big family.

(Angelina Bennetts speaks.)

(Footage of Angelina working around the Esquimalt Graving Dock.)

With the government, they do like having women in non-traditional roles and they support that. I’m 3rd generation at the Esquimalt Graving Dock. It’s an honour to have my last name down here again. And I’m super proud to be here.

(Max Urbanoski speaks.)

(Text on screen: Max Urbanoski, Maintenance Electrician, Esquimalt Graving Dock, Public Services and Procurement Canada)

(Footage of Max speaking followed by various footage of Max and other people working around machinery at the Esquimalt Graving Dock facility.)

We all get along very well. We have an interesting background for everybody. Everybody has a great story to tell. I love working at the Esquimalt Graving Dock. There is a great sense of community here. Working here long-term is my ideal goal. Where else can you have something like this, in this beautiful city?

(Footage of deer near the Esquimalt Graving Dock facility followed by footage of a lighthouse overlooking the Pacific Ocean.)

(Music stops)

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(Public Services and Procurement Canada signature)

(Music stops)

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