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
      1·
      6 months 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
        3·
        6 months ago

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

        • snoons@lemmy.caOPEnglish
          1·
          6 months ago

          Ahh, now the picture becomes clearer. The ‘fastcats’ right?

          • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            6 months 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.