Provincial and federal politicians are demanding answers into how China got the deal to build BC Ferries’ new vessels, after a leaked report obtained by CHEK News showed there was a plan to build the ships locally that governments ignored.

BC Building Trades said the report proved BC Ferries prioritized the lowest bid…

Oh god they’re going to shit-buckets aren’t they

  • snoons@lemmy.caOPEnglish
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    2 days ago

    That’s a good question, I had assumed the current ferries were, but it seems that at least most of the fleet was built in Europe.

    • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 days ago

      The last time BC tried to build a home-grown ferry, it was an unmitigated disaster.

        • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          1 day ago

          Exactly. I’m not even sure if any of those are running still. I do know they got sold off for pennies on the dollar after years of cost overruns and delays. It was a dumpster fire.