Taking Ferries Private Causes ‘Hardship’ for Many: Commission

Sweeping recommendations include limiting fare increases, upping gov’t contributions.

By Andrew MacLeod, Today, TheTyee.ca

“It exceeded our expectations, considering the limited guidelines the commissioner was operating under,” said Save Our Ferries co-ordinator Gregg Dow. “It’s clearly taking into account the public good.”

The report expresses well what people in coastal communities want from the ferry system, he said. “My hope is the government will enact all the recommendations in the report. They make sense.”