‘Axe the China BC Ferries deal’: BC Conservatives

The Conservative Party of BC wants the China-BC Ferries $1-billion contract dissolved and replaced with a Canadian-made contract, but major domestic shipyards say they’re at capacity.

Seaspan’s North Vancouver shipyard is building ships for the Canadian Coast Guard, and the Royal Canadian Navy.

In fact, both Seaspan and the country’s largest shipyard, Davie Shipyard, are at capacity until the end of the decade.

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Despite that, leader of the Conservative Party of BC, John Rustad, is calling on the province to cancel the $1-billion contract with China to build the new vessels for BC Ferries.

Tuesday night, he took to social media, stating “Where is the anger with China’s tariffs on western Canadian farmers from David Eby? Why is Eby silent on China’s tariffs —