Eby Pushes Ottawa for Fair Ferry Funding

0:00British Columbia premier David E.B. is pushing Ottawa for more federal cash to help ferry riders here, especially after Prime Minister Mark Carney. Slash fares across Eastern Canada. Right now, East Coast ferries get about $300 in federal support per user, while BC. Ferry scrapes buy with just $1 per rider, a gap that's lasted nearly 20 years. Starting August 1st, passenger fares, car fees, and even commercial traffic on federally backed Eastern routes, dropped by 50 percent. That includes the big marine Atlantic run between Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador, where Ottawa's freezing freight rates too, all backed by. Extra funding to the Crown Corporation. Folks are fired up over BC. Ferry's picking a Chinese shipyard for four new electric diesel vessels, despite no Canadian bids after five years of shopping around. Transport, Minister Christie of Freeland called it disappointing, conserved as one it scrapped, and now a House of Commons Committee is digging into the $1 billion loan that made it happen.

1:04EV wants that probe expanded to spotlight the raw deal BC. Users get compared to the East, plus push for local shipbuilding jobs. Ferry's warrants without fresh support. Ferry's could jump over 30 percent by 2028, just to cover costs, since users foot most of the bill in our massive system. Leaders like the Canadian Ferry Association CEO see it as a fair ask amid a national infrastructure crunch, though federal focus stays on. Constitutional routes. Evie's rallying for equity coast to coast, keeping the pressure on for balance seas. Local news, powered by AI. This is Vancouver News Today. I'm Corey with the story.