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Over 7,000 Canadians signed our 'No CCP Deals' petition, calling on BC Ferries, a publicly funded operator, along with the provincial and federal governments, to halt the ferry service's billion-dollar plan to contract a Chinese state-owned shipyard for the construction of four new vessels.
On behalf of those thousands of voices, I visited B.C. Transportation Minister Mike Farnworth’s Port Coquitlam constituency office TWICE, to deliver the petition. But despite being there during office hours, the doors were locked — the lights were on, but nobody appeared to be inside.
This symbolic shut-out mirrors what many Canadians see as a broader betrayal: a Canada Last deal with a hostile foreign regime done while elected officials either looked away or claimed their hands were tied.
Minister Farnworth tried to distance himself from the decision, saying: “B.C. Ferries is an independent company responsible for its own operational decisions.”
But that statement doesn't tell the full story.
On behalf of those thousands of voices, I visited B.C. Transportation Minister Mike Farnworth’s Port Coquitlam constituency office TWICE, to deliver the petition. But despite being there during office hours, the doors were locked — the lights were on, but nobody appeared to be inside.
This symbolic shut-out mirrors what many Canadians see as a broader betrayal: a Canada Last deal with a hostile foreign regime done while elected officials either looked away or claimed their hands were tied.
Minister Farnworth tried to distance himself from the decision, saying: “B.C. Ferries is an independent company responsible for its own operational decisions.”
But that statement doesn't tell the full story.
