In this province, we have the labour pool, natural resources, and foundational infrastructure necessary to secure a prosperous future for ourselves. What we need now is a government willing to believe in this vision of prosperity and willing to invest in it. It has now been a month since it came to light that a multi-billion dollar shipbuilding contract to construct four new BC Ferries vessels was awarded to Chinese shipyard CMI Weihai. Residents of BC, myself included, are still bewildered about how a coastal province like ours, which should have a thriving marine industry, is giving away major shipbuilding contracts to China. Over the past several days, my Conservative Party of BC colleagues and I have all been publicly pledging to “Build BC.” What does that mean? To “Build BC” means we should be taking on projects for BC, in BC, by British Columbians. Hire BC workers and support the 230,000 skilled tradespeople that live here. Keep projects local. Strengthen industr...
A discussion on political, economic and social issues in British Columbia, and Canada