Rough waters ahead for BC Ferries

there are Rough Waters on the horizon for BC Ferries in its four-year plan the company anticipates skyrocketing costs a drop in revenue and continued labor shortages ctv's Ben milder has more on the impacts for travelers up and down the BC Coast community's big and small rely on BC ferries to stay connected so do many families that's why a new report is so troubling it highlights the predicted Revenue shortfall inflation impacts significant cost increases and continued staffing issues longer Waits and nobody likes that but part of life I guess in a province like BC in a country like Canada I don't really see why we should be you know encountering those kinds of problems last month Premier David EBY announced a 500 million dollar cash injection for BC ferries to minimize fare increases our intervention with BC Ferries was to ensure predictability of fares for people that are that live in very dependent communities of all the issues identified it is the Staffing shortages that may have the most immediate noticeable impact on members of The Traveling public in recent years unexpected cancellations and delays due to a lack of workers have frequently frustrated Travelers it's a global problem and one for us that is heightened by a widening gap between what we are able to pay and Market benchmarks BC Ferries CFO Jill charlin said in a statement according to the union about 600 people quit BC Ferries per year it's not the job that it was in the 90s where the pay was base pay was four times the minimum wage and people were trying to get a job at BC Ferries the union says 30 percent of new hires leave within the first few months because of forced overtime and canceled time off people's uh lives are being affected significantly by the job compounding the staffing issues deferred maintenance for vessels and terminals lurks beneath the surface add it all up and it's easy to see BC Ferries sailing into turbulent Waters Ben milger CTV News West Vancouver

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Length: 2min 19sec (139 seconds)

Published: Thu Mar 09 2023