Subhead:Records suggest Freeland knew about the BC Ferries deal 1.5 months before her public denial.#
Former Transport Minister Chrystia Freeland will again appear before a parliamentary committee after new emails suggest her department knew weeks in advance that BC Ferries planned to purchase four vessels from a Chinese state-owned shipyard using taxpayer dollars.
Emails exchanged in late April between BC Ferries president Nicolas Jimenez and Transport Canada deputy minister Arun Thangaraj reportedly detailed plans to contract a Chinese shipyard for new ferries, according to internal documents obtained by the Globe and Mail.
Freeland expressed dismay after BC Ferries announced its June procurement plan, despite her department’s knowledge of it since at least April. She resigned as Transport Minister on Tuesday for the role of Special Envoy to Ukraine.
