The House of Commons transport committee is meeting Monday to decide whether to study B.C. Ferries’ decision to purchase four Chinese vessels.
Federal transport minister said she is ‘dismayed’ by B.C. Ferries’ decision to purchase 4 Chinese vessels
The House of Commons transport committee is meeting Monday to decide whether to study B.C. Ferries’ decision to purchase four Chinese vessels.
B.C. Ferries announced last month that it hired China Merchants Industry Weihai Shipyards to build four new ships after a five-year procurement process that did not include a Canadian bid.
Federal Transport Minister Chrystia Freeland sent her B.C. counterpart a letter on June 20 saying she is “dismayed” by the deal and expects B.C. Ferries to mitigate potential security risks.
She also asked the B.C. government to confirm that no federal funding will be diverted to purchase the ferries.
The Canada Infrastructure Bank contributed $1 billion to the deal and said in a June 26 statement that the new ferries “wouldn’t likely be purchased” without this financing.
The transport committee meeting is scheduled to start at 12 p.m. ET.
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