Building four new BC Ferries in China will cost Canada $1.5B in lost GDP and 10,000 person-years of employment, a new union-commissioned report finds.
BC Ferries President Nicholas Jimenez warns that Canadian shipbuilding must remain free from political interference to avoid a repeat of the 1990s fast ferry scandal.
When BC Ferries announced that four new major vessels would be built by the Chinese state-owned CMI Weihai Shipyards, the reaction was swift and sharp. Ferry...