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Originally Posted by jollyburger
I don't know what the arguments were for privatizing BC Ferries, but I doubt making it a crown corporation will change how they plan on making money and funding upgrades.
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BC Ferries was privatized so the BC Liberals could pass off government debt, not really any other reason.
The thing about core infrastructure (roads, power generation and transmission, port authorities, and some would say rail and telecommunications) is that it doesn't have to necessarily turn a profit to facilitate and amplify economic activity. No one complains that the Ministry of Transportation isn't making money off of Highway 1, but we'd be damned as a province if we didn't have some way to move people and products across province.