BC Ferries sparks revolt inside NDP

Emergency motion from labour allies rebukes Eby for outsourcing to authoritarian regime instead of investing in B.C. shipbuilding jobs The B.C. New Democratic Party rebuked its own leader and government over the weekend for allowing the taxpayer-owned BC Ferries corporation to contract out construction of its ships to the Chinese government. The move occurred at an NDP provincial council meeting on Saturday, where Premier David Eby was grilled for his refusal to override BC Ferries and direct the ships be built in B.C. with new investments to grow a domestic shipbuilding industry. The provincial labour movement, which makes up a…