Rob Shaw: Anger over BC Ferries deal with China in wake of leaked report on building locally

Provincial and federal politicians are demanding answers into how China got the deal to build BC Ferries’ new vessels, after a leaked report obtained by CHEK News showed there was a plan to build the ships locally that governments ignored.

The federal and provincial opposition parties reacted with outrage Thursday to learn B.C.’s largest shipyard, Seaspan, had a proposal to phase in construction for as many as seven new ships, which would have generated more than $1 billion to the economy and almost 10,000 new jobs.

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That plan was part of a report it commissioned from firm Shirocca Consulting, given to governments more than two years ago, to urge a procurement process from BC Ferries that would place an emphasis on local jobs and economic development,