The CEO of BC Ferries is speaking out about what it will take to have future vessels built in Canada rather than overseas in countries like China.

BC Ferries announced in June that it had hired China Merchants Industry Weihai Shipyards to build four new major vessels after a five-year procurement process that did not include a Canadian bid.

The Canada Infrastructure Bank contributed a $1 billion loan to the deal and said in June that the new ferries “wouldn’t likely be purchased” without this financing.

Ahead of a federal summit on ferries and rail transportation, BC Ferries CEO Nicolas Jimenez restated how the company didn’t have a Canadian option.

“We need to make sure that people actually bid. So we didn’t have that today — or this current procurement — but we would love for Canadia

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