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Canada Transport Minister Freeland ‘dismayed’ by BC Ferries deal with Chinese company

  • Earlier this month, B.C. Ferries awarded a contract to China Merchants Industry Weihai Shipyards for the construction of four new major ships to expand its passenger fleet.
  • The five-year procurement process did not attract Canadian bids, prompting federal Transport Minister Chrystia Freeland to express concern over security risks and lack of Canadian content mandate.
  • B.C. Ferries indicated that the proposal from the Chinese shipyard outperformed other bids by a wide margin and emphasized that security remains paramount, with all sensitive systems to be procured separately and subjected to independent certification before deployment.
  • Freeland wrote to B.C. Minister Mike Farnworth demanding assurances of a robust risk assessment and confirmation no federal funds support the purchase, noting $37.8 million subsidy and $75 million loan for zero-emission ferries.
  • Farnworth is reviewing Freeland’s letter and discussed strengthening the province's shipbuilding sector, while Premier David Eby promised cooperation to build local vessel capacity in the future.
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The Federal Minister of Transport said she was "dismayed" that BC Ferries had entrusted the construction of four new ships to a Chinese shipyard.

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