British Columbia Premier David Eby tore into the federal government on Monday after Ottawa slashed ferry fares on the East Coast by 50 per cent. Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the rate cuts for the Eastern Canada Ferry Services which serve P.E.I., Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Quebec and Marine Atlantic, the constitutionally-mandated ferry service that connects Newfoundland to Nova Scotia, earlier Monday. The fare cuts were a federal Liberal election promise. Eby said major new subsidies for East Coast ferries but not for those in B.C. are a symptom of “structural unfairness" ... CLICK HERE for the full story
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