The former premier could not confirm whether the loan had been forgiven or if the Irvings had delivered on the creation of thousands of jobs that were the target that needed to be met for the loan to be forgiven. "Just the return on that money in terms of its impact on the GDP." "It is turning out to be the most lucrative investment that the province had ever made," Dexter said. In an interview with CTV Atlantic on Monday evening, Dexter says $260-million forgivable loan made to the Irving-owned Halifax Shipyard was a good investment. Former Nova Scotia premier Darrell Dexter said the province put a "full-court press" on to convince the federal government to award the national shipbuilding contract to the Halifax Shipyard and he says it was.
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