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B.C. premier-designate Doerkson says his government will examine the BC Ferries shipbuilding deal
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BC Ferries chose a Chinese shipyard, Weihai Shipyards, to build four new Summit-class hybrid-electric ferries, with the first delivery expected in 2029. The company has said no Canadian shipyard bid for the project.
There's so much that we haven't seen, but there's a reason to look at it for the betterment of British Columbia and I'll look at it for sure.
— Lorne Doerkson
UBC professor Werner Antweiler says the contracts are signed and moving out of them would likely come with a penalty. BC Ferries' CEO was dismissed two days after the election as part of what it calls a "revitalization review."
Extra economic activity if built in B.C.
1.5 $ billion
A study last year found that building the four ferries in B.C. would have generated an additional $1.5 billion in economic activity, most of it in the province.
