Submarine company taps former news anchor Peter Mansbridge to voice ad
By Canadian Press on March 9, 2026.
OTTAWA — South Korean firm Hanwha Oceans has tapped former TV news anchor Peter Mansbridge to voice an ad as it looks to secure a multi-billion-dollar procurement contract from Ottawa.
Peter Mansbridge, the former voice of CBC’s The National, can be heard in a video posted to Hanwha’s YouTube page last week pitching the submarines as proven and reliable.
Hanwha Oceans is competing with German submarine manufacturer TKMS for a contract to supply Canada with up to 12 new submarines.
Mansbridge, who now hosts a podcast called The Bridge, says that since he left daily news almost a decade ago, his company has branched out into strategic communications.
He says he works with a number of companies and institutions and that he donates a “significant portion” of the proceeds from his work to universities and charitable organizations across the country.
Over the past few months, Hanwha ads promoting its KSS-III submarine have been popping up all over Ottawa as part of the shipbuilder’s efforts to make itself a household name in the nation’s capital.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 9, 2026.
— With files from Craig Lord
Catherine Morrison, The Canadian Press
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Ads are a waste of money since this government never listens to the publlic’s concerns.
We need subs that can operate under the arctic ice, are hard to detect, require limited maintenance as a sub, are capable of operating for global operations if required, are armed appropriately and some that can be used, if needed, for JTF2 ops!
I do believe in buying Canadian, but in this case where it is a foreign manufacturer, I do not see a benefit of having these companies build them in Canada.
History in the last couple of decades have shown . . . have proven . . . that our Canadian shipyards have been unable to fulfill timely delivery of ships built for our military/coast guard and are able to do so without major cost over-runs!
I don’t like making this comment . . . but sadly it is true!
We are facing serious global security issues in the future and need these subs ASAP . . . fully operational!