B.C. Ferries has drawn the ire of federal Transport Minister Chrystia Freeland for its decision to contract a Chinese state-owned shipyard to build four new vessels for its passenger fleet.

Freeland said the federal government has a long record of providing financial support to B.C. Ferries, including a federal subsidy of $37.8 million in 2025-26 dating back to a 1977 agreement.

Transportation Minister Chrystia Freeland ’dismayed’ about BC Ferries' contract with Chinese shipyard Freeland told B.C.'s transport minister that she expects BC Ferries to inform her about ...

Minister of Transport and Internal Trade Chrystia Freeland responds to a question during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, June 12, 2025.

Freeland said the federal government has a long record of providing financial support to BC ferries, including a federal subsidy of $37.8 million in 2025-26 dating back to a 1977 agreement.

VICTORIA — Federal Transportation Minister Chrystia Freeland says she is “dismayed” that BC Ferries has contracted a Chinese state-owned shipyard to build four new vessels in the current geopolitical ...

Transport and Internal Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland sent a scathing letter on the subject to her B.C. counterpart ...

Minister of Transport and Internal Trade Chrystia Freeland responds to a question during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, June 12, 2025.

VICTORIA — Federal Transport Minister Chrystia Freeland says she is “dismayed” that BC Ferries has contracted a Chinese state-owned shipyard to build four new vessels in the current geopolitical ...

Federal Transport Minister Chrystia Freeland says she is "dismayed" that BC Ferries has contracted a Chinese state-owned shipyard to build four new vessels in the current geopolitical context that ...

VICTORIA — Federal Transportation Minister Chrystia Freeland says she is “dismayed” that BC Ferries has contracted a Chinese state-owned shipyard to build four new vessels in the current geopolitical ...