Conservative MP Dan Albas rises during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on June 2, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
The Conservative Party is raising further questions about the Liberal government’s decision to provide a $1 billion loan to BC Ferries to purchase four new vessels from a state-owned Chinese shipyard, as newly released documents show senior government advisers debated how to manage the messaging around the decision.
According to internal emails obtained by The Globe and Mail, senior aides deliberated on how to manage an upcoming announcement regarding a connection between Ottawa and BC Ferries’ decision. At the time of the internal debate, it had not yet been announced that the Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB), a federal agency, had supplied the loan to BC Ferries for the purchase.
