OTTAWA - As the international competition for Canada's lucrative submarine contract heats up, a Norwegian defence company is trying to sell Ottawa on its "alignment" with an Arctic near-neighbour.

Kongsberg is supporting Germany's ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, or TKMS, in its bid to win what would be a multi-billion dollar contract to build Canada a new fleet of submarines capable of patrolling under the Arctic sea ice.

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