Premier Eby calls for “basic fairness” for B.C. ferry users during Ottawa trip

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Premier David Eby said he had “productive” meetings with Prime Minister Mark Carney and several senior officials during his two-day trip to Ottawa. Eby is in Ottawa largely to promote major B.C. However, when that decision was announced publicly in June, then-transport minister Chrystia Freeland said in a letter to her B.C. He said ferry riders on Canada’s East Coast are federally subsidized at $300 per ferry user, while B.C. “Asking for that fairness has been a core part of the message and, unfortunately, something that’s been lost a bit in the conversation here,” said Eby.