Ferry workers' union calls for more federal funding for B.C. Ferries

Coastal Ferry Services Contract - Province of British Columbia

Coastal ferry services are provided by BC Ferry Services Inc unde this contract. (Unofficial version)

Scotland’s islanders to get 10 TIMES the subsidy for their ferries than those in more affluent British Columbia, to keep fares amongst the lowest in the developed world

Professor John Robertson OBA From Richmond News today: Right now, B.C. Ferries, which according to the union carries more than 21 million passengers and $8 billion in cargo each year, receives about $35 million annually from Ottawa.1 BC Ferries has 41 vessels serving 47 locations to 21 million passengers per year.2 CalMac has 36 vessels serving 50 locations to only 5.3 million passengers per year.3 Yet the Scottish Government, from taxpayers liv…

Ferry workers' union calls for more federal funding for B.C. Ferries

The B.C. Ferry & Marine Workers’ Union says B.C. Ferries gets about $35 million annually from Ottawa, a fraction of what VIA Rail and an East Coast ferry service receive