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ANDREW VAUGHAN / THE CANADIAN PRESS HMCS Charlottetown is shown in Halifax Harbour on Sept. 2, 2011.

A Winnipeg clothing company has been chosen to make raingear for the Royal Canadian Navy.

Federal Public Safety Minister Vic Toews, in an announcement made in Ottawa today, said Peerless Garments has won the $16.9-million contract to produce 33,000 sets of Naval Wind Raingear.

The contract will create 30 jobs in the city.

"Our government is once again demonstrating its commitment to renewing the Royal Canadian Navy’s equipment and supporting full-time jobs in Manitoba," Toews said in a statement.

The clothing, which is expected to be produced by late spring or early summer, is being funded under the Department of National Defence’s Naval Improved Clothing and Equipment project.