OTTAWA - Ontario's Economic Development Minister Vic Fedeli knows he has to hustle to secure job-creating developments with defence industry ties for his province — now that Ottawa is poised to move quickly on major military purchases.

With the navy looking to place a rush order for submarines and the Swedish defence firm Saab dangling the prospect of assembling fighter jets in Canada, there's a race on to secure defence-related industrial development and the well-paid jobs that come with them.

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