They should be built in BC.
No ship builders in BC presented a bid because they’re all busy. So saying that these ships should be built in BC is effectively saying that we should wait for it them to be buildable in BC, and with that you’re telling the people who depend on BC Ferries that they’ll have to suck it up being served by a derelict fleet because we don’t want to do business with China.
This is all pretty silly to be honest. Chinese shipyards presented a bid. They won the bid. That’s all there is to it.
Or…maybe BC Ferries should have their own shipyard.
Okay? Point still stands. Would take years to build that capacity. By all means let’s do it, but BC Ferries can’t wait.
You mean the same China who sticks undocumented cellular modems in their solar convertors. Yah China is not our friend.
No friendship required to get them to build the fleet we need, just capital
“How do you justify having ships built over there?” he asked. “We should be looking to our traditional allies—Norway, Germany, Poland—places where we’ve had ships built before,” Rustad said.
Ah that’s the conservative racism poking out
China has a record of human rights and environmental abuses, I don’t think wanting to use an ally who respects all of their people and pays them fairly is conservative racism…
I would see this more like that if Rustad actually presented environmental and human rights as the reasoning behind his preference, but we actually know that it a combination of racism and just run of the mill anti-China (from red-scare) because it’s Rustad. He never showed signs of caring about China’s emissions or Uyghurs or anything else that might actually be valid criticism.
Oh yeah, Poland, bastion of human rights, treat their gay folks soooo well…
Yes, I know China also hates us queers, but dont act like it’s about human rights if one of the countries on the list also criminalizes our existence.
