A report by CBC News says that BC Ferries will equip two Spirit Class vessels to run on LNG. With minor hull improvements, annual fuel savings for the 20-year-old ships are estimated […]
BC Ferries costly but not innovative
Wazzup, ferry riders?
A few days ago, Mary Polak’s Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure announced the “B.C. coastal ferries consultation and engagement process”. The ministry invited: Input on considerations to achieve $26 million in savings […]
Thumb in the eye of BC taxpayers
The BC Liberal policy is firmly established. Reward your important friends and give the rest—teachers, paramedics, etc.—a firm kick in the ass. Of course, agency directors and senior bureaucrats, especially ones who […]
Lying like a cheap rug
One barrier to re-election of Christy Clark’s government is its lack of truthfulness and credibility. The Liberal brain trust decided long ago that veracity should always rank behind expediency. The infamous 2001 […]
Record of lethargic indifference
Considering amounts extracted from taxpayers for BC Ferries brilliant management team, imagine the tab if they’d been competent and successful. David Hahn departed to enjoy one of the most costly pensions ever […]
Comparative values
How we spend our money reflects our values, particularly for conscious choices, the ones we make after full consideration. That occurred to me when reader Lew linked to a Jonathan Fowlie blog, […]
"The hypocrisy is quite sickening"
Paraphrasing Benjamin Disraeli’s words to the British Parliament in 1845: The BC Liberal government is an organized hypocrisy. I visited the BC Liberal website today and found this homepage. The frame from […]
Will Hahnless BCF now build major ships here?
British Columbia’s shipbuilding industry is happy today, gearing up to work on an $8-billion piece of the largest marine construction program in Canadian history. The federal government takes pride in what they […]
First Hahn, now Hayes and the rest must go
David Hahn’s lucrative reign as BC Ferries CEO is ending but more substantial change is needed at the company. The Board failed in its governance role and BC Liberals should now scuttle […]
David Hahn skippered the M.V. Deficiencies
More worthwhile reading today at The Tyee, from investigative reporter Andrew MacLeod, a fine journalist who does not work in an echo chamber rewriting background papers issued by flacks working for government […]
Choices show what we truly are
BC Ferries Admiral David Hahn is working on a program to reduce expenses. Take a guess. Are they likely to reduce maintenance on vessels Or take a scythe to the executive suite?
BC Ferries tests solution for low-volume routes
Cap’t David Hahn examines comfort and stability Hahn family takes advantage of free ferry passes Head office staff helps with vessel safety testing
Brought to us by world’s highest paid ferry management
CBC News, BC Ferries losses rise as passengers dwindle: B.C. Ferries says passenger levels are dropping to 20-year lows and the corporation is predicting it will lose more than expected this year. […]
Here you learn "the rest of the story"
I pay little attention to AM radio nowadays. My audio library of spoken words—gathered mostly from American and European sources—is much more informative. However, while in the car last week, I heard […]
Michael Smyth’s “scoop”
Last Sunday, Province columnist Michael Smyth asked and answered a question about a floating gravy train: “How does B.C. Ferries boss David Hahn’s salary compare with that of his counterpart in Washington […]
Giant paydays proved unsinkable
A government investigation reported in 2009 that BC Ferries’ process of setting executive compensation was out of whack. The Comptroller General of British Columbia shocked no one with the report, except for […]
Carry on cruising, carry on regardless
Our friends at the helm of BC Ferries are in the news again over executive compensation issues. Now subject to Freedom of Information, BC Ferries must release salary information that was previously secret. […]
BC Ferries at anchor on mandated change
REPLAY from June 2010, demonstrating the deceitfulness of BC Liberals involved in oversight of BC Ferries: The Coastal Ferry Act that received royal assent June 3 includes a number of administrative changes, […]
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