BC Ferries

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Oct 5, 2026

NEWS READ: As Eby campaigns on Buy Canadian, BC Ferries’ longtime fuel supplier is now owned by a U.S. energy giant with deep ties to Trump’s political operation.

Oct 5 · 7 Mentions

Andrew JohnsHOST

0:27

Major spending should benefit British Columbians.

Andrew JohnsHOST

0:31

EB also highlighted BC Ferries' efforts to buy local food.

Andrew JohnsHOST

0:34

BC Ferries says more than 60% of the food served on board comes from BC, including 100% of the eggs used in its breakfast.

Andrew JohnsHOST

0:43

But another major BC Ferries purchase raises questions about how far that buy Canadian commitment extends.

Andrew JohnsHOST

0:50

BC Ferries issued a request for proposals for diesel fuel and aqueous urea solution on November 21, 2025.

Andrew JohnsHOST

0:59

Bidding closed in February.

Andrew JohnsHOST

1:01

Public procurement records list the competition as closed but do not identify the successful bidder.

Andrew JohnsHOST

1:08

BC Ferries has had a long-standing relationship with Parkland Corporation as a fuel supplier.

Adam Stirling: The Podcast

Adam Stirling Hour 1—October 5—2026

Oct 5 · 1 Mention

Rob MartinGUEST

17:28

Seven years as a councilor, uh, four years as mayor, uh, between 2018 and 2022.

Rob MartinGUEST

17:34

Uh, today I work at Swartz Bay as a relief terminal manager and an equipment operator for BC Ferries.

Rob MartinGUEST

17:41

I'm running today because Colwood deserves a council that is accountable, transparent, and local.

Rob MartinGUEST

17:48

First of all, c- accountable to your taxes.

Hotel Pacifico

Oiled Up

Oct 3 · 1 Mention

#31 CA Top 30%

Geoff MeggsHOST

1:44

And a friend of mine has recently written about it, Mas Fukawa.

Geoff MeggsHOST

1:49

So if you're on BC Ferries, you'll often see this book about Nisei Canadians.

Geoff MeggsHOST

1:52

It's a great family history of what happened in those days.

Geoff MeggsHOST

1:54

But they didn't get the vote, which we're going to have on October 24th till, I think it was 1949.

The Really Big Show with Jim Csek &Iain Burns

Are the American people turning on Canada?

Oct 1 · 3 Mentions

#22 CA Top 30%

Iain BurnsHOST

14:09

That's your job.

Iain BurnsHOST

14:10

Just like BC Ferries, that loan to BC Ferries, that was you too.

Iain BurnsHOST

14:16

You could also have stopped that if you, if you didn't want China to have that contract to... a billion-dollar contract to build ferries for British Columbia.

Iain BurnsHOST

14:24

You could have stopped that.

57 MINS LATER

Jim CsekHOST

71:06

David Eby? I don't know.

Jim CsekHOST

71:11

And he's up for election.

Iain BurnsHOST

71:12

Do you think the BC ferries being made in China, do you think they're going to use Canadian produce? Do you think they'll import raw materials from Canada? It's another one, isn't it?

Jim CsekHOST

71:24

And then here's the lies too, like, you know, like Melanie Jolie, you know, assured the 350 people who lost their jobs that she's going to make it easier for them to file EI.

Unknown podcast

Ep 9: Two pedestrians are dead after being struck near Tsawwassen Mills.

Oct 1 · 1 Mention

MiraHOST

0:37

Abby PD is working with WorkSafeBC on the investigation, and the transfer station was closed for it.

MiraHOST

0:44

BC Ferries is headed toward a one point three billion dollar deal with a US-owned fuel supplier, The Tyee reports.

MiraHOST

0:51

That outlet says a firm with MAGA connections is the likely contract winner, despite Premier David Eby's Buy Canadian focus.

MiraHOST

0:59

Families of workers at a Canadian mining firm plan to file an RCMP complaint against the Vancouver-based company, their lawyer says.

Adam Stirling: The Podcast

Adam Stirling Hour 1—September 29—2026

Sep 29 · 1 Mention

Emily LowenSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER

30:44

Investing in childcare takes care of BC's little ones and their parents.

Emily LowenSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER

30:49

Then they can earn a great wage building BC manufacturing, building BC ferries, driving new buses and trains, researching new biotech, going to medical school, and opening the new BC businesses we need.

Adam StirlingHOST

31:03

I just want to note that there actually is a solid economic argument to be made for the state, if you will, the government subsidizing child care to allow their parents to participate in the workforce, do all of the important things you just heard her underline.

Adam StirlingHOST

31:16

The question, though, is always how many dollars do we put into that system while expecting how many dollars to come back through labor force participation? And there are differences in terms of how much you put in and how much you get out.

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Sep 29 · 1 Mention

Michael McCollHOST

5:57

You know about this, so I'll keep it brief, but I had a very interesting journey home on Thursday night.

Michael McCollHOST

6:03

Well, it turned out to be Friday morning and it I've heard all these horror stories about BC Ferries and I think I've been very fortunate that I've never really experienced the bad side of BC Ferries until Thursday night when we were on the last ferry out of Departure Bay at 10.40 Everything was good.

Michael McCollHOST

6:25

We were loaded on by 10.40.

Michael McCollHOST

6:27

The ferry was just about half full.

Western Context - News from Alberta, BC, and Canada

Western Context 487 – Assembling the Team

Sep 27 · 1 Mention

PatrickHOST

34:56

Now, in the days leading up to the call, the NDP government engaged in a sudden flurry of massive funding announcements.

PatrickHOST

35:02

This included fast-tracking delayed infrastructure, ordering new BC Ferries vessels, including saying that those new vessels would be built within the province, and announcing a sudden pause on a planned provincial sales tax issue.

PatrickHOST

35:19

expansion.

PatrickHOST

35:20

Now, these were projects that were previously paused due to stated budget constraints.