Subhead:BC Ferries CEO Nicolas Jimenez says Transport Canada was informed in mid-to-late April about the impending close of the procurement process.#
During testimony on Canada outsourcing shipyard work to China, the head of BC Ferries made an astonishing admission.
“My first question for you is which government departments and or ministers were notified of the final or likely decision to purchase the ferries from a state-owned shipyard in the People’s Republic of China and when were they notified?” asked first-time Conservative MP Aaron Gunn.
“We had conversations with the Federal Department of Transportation, at the officials level, in mid-to-late April to advise them of the fact that the procurement was coming to a close,” replied Nicolas Jimenez, President and CEO of BC Ferries.
