Vancouver City Council |
MOTION ON NOTICE
The following Motion is submitted by Mayor Campbell for the Regular Council meeting on September 14, 2004.
1. BC Ferries Tendering for new Super C Ferries
MOVER: Mayor Campbell
SECONDER: Councillor
WHEREAS BC Ferries has entered into a tendering process to build two and possibly three new Super C ferries at a cost of approximately $500 million to be delivered in the fall of 2007.
WHEREAS BC Ferries had a preliminary tendering process which resulted in no Canadian shipyard making the shortlist.
WHEREAS BC shipyards have built every ferry but two, currently being used by BC Ferries to safely and efficiently transport passengers around this province,
WHEREAS new ferries being built in BC would give a huge economic boost to Lower Mainland, the rest of British Columbia and Canada, through the creation of at least two thousand direct jobs with an additional two thousand indirect jobs.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT BC Ferries stop their tendering process immediately and give the same opportunities to local shipyards that it has given to European shipyards and allow a competitive bid to be submitted for the new Super C ferries.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT if BC Ferries refuses to allow local shipbuilders to participate in the bidding process, Council request that the federal government apply the 25% customs duty to the foreign shipbuilders.
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