Buying new coastal ferries from a hostile government is a decision the premier is probably already regretting (The Line)

For months, the B.C. NDP government has had a consistent message: Elbows up. Team Canada. Buy B.C. Support local. Transform the economy. Fast-track projects. Create jobs. Build, baby, build.

The David Eby government has clung to the narrative in an obsessive way since almost losing its majority in the October election; a kind of life raft of stability in turbulent political times.

Which made last week all the more confusing, after the government-owned BC Ferries Corporation announced a multi-billion-dollar deal to purchase new ships from the government of China ...

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