"Outsourcing Canadian jobs is always wrong, and it's even worse when we have these unjustified steel and aluminium tariffs," ...

The House of Commons transport committee will study BC Ferries' decision to buy four electric-diesel vessels from a ...

The motion to study the issue was brought by Dan Albas, the Conservative MP for Okanagan Lake West-South Kelowna and passed ...

It comes as BC Ferries faces public pressure over its recent decision to award a multi-billion-dollar contract to build four new major vessels to a Chinese shipyard.

VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby said he shares the concerns of unions that have criticized the BC Ferries' decision to build four large ships in China.

BC Ferries said in a press release that it had awarded China Merchants Industry Weihai Shipyards (CMI Weihai) a contract to build four new vessels after a “rigorous” global bidding process.

BC Ferries looked at European shipbuilders, which it has used in the past, but this contract would have cost $1.2-billion more than what it is paying the Chinese vendor.

BC Ferries is not behaving as a government procurement entity. It is buying four large ferries from the state-owned China Merchants Industry Weihai Shipyards, saying it was the clear business choice.

B.C. Ferries has hired Weihai shipyards to build roll-on, roll-off ships. An expert says China's interest in such ferries is military ...

British Columbia's transportation minister has raised concerns with BC Ferries about its decision to have a Chinese shipyard build four new ferries for its passenger fleet, amid an ongoing trade ...