LETTER: BC Ferries Should Look Closer to Home for Shipbuilders

LETTER: BC Ferries should look closer to home for shipbuilders

China has been awarded the contract to build four BC Ferries vessels

Union Launches Campaign Against BC Ferries’ Contract for Chinese-Built Vessels, Urging Domestic Manufacturing

A B.C. workers’ union has launched a campaign opposing plans to build four new B.C. Ferries vessels in China and advocating for domestic firms to be prioritized, saying the deal with the foreign shipyard will result in lost Canadian wages, tax revenue, and economic opportunity. The BC Ferry and Marine Workers’ Union has launched a campaign called “Build Them Here,” encouraging citizens to ask the provincial and federal governments to keep shipbu…