Business leader says BC Ferries’ hiring of Chinese shipyard is ‘informed decision’

VICTORIA — A business leader on ferry-dependent Vancouver Island says BC Ferries made a “strongly informed decision” in hiring a Chinese shipyard to build four new major vessels. Both the NDP government and B.C. VICTORIA — A business leader on ferry-dependent Vancouver Island says BC Ferries made a “strongly informed decision” in hiring a Chinese shipyard to build four new major vessels. Both the NDP government and B.C. Conservative Opposition have criticized the choice of Chinese state-owned China Merchants Industry Weihai Shipyards to build the new ferries. Bruce Williams, CEO of the Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce, said the Chinese…