Final report - Integrated Land Management Bureau

Transportation Assessment of the Central & North Coast of BC
mandate, a positive change that is ascribed to the management of the CEO
David Hahn.
There is a longstanding system of community-based ferry advisory committees
(FAC) in the province and there is a Northern Ferry Advisory Committee. It
meets one to two times per year and the minutes are posted on the BC Ferries’
web site. However the meetings are staged in private and although
knowledgeable persons with deep community roots are appointed to the
committees, these appointments are made by BC Ferries and not by community
entities. They do not have independent budgets or staff help, and appear to
have limited control over the meeting agenda and follow-up by BC Ferries on
recommendations.
There is a BC Ferries Commissioner that has a role in monitoring BC Ferries
adherence to its contract with the BC Government and the average level of
ferry fares. It has a decision making role when BC Ferries proposes to
discontinue a route but has no role in deciding if a new route should be
supported as either an unregulated or regulated route.
The following graphic illustrates avenues for public input about BC Ferries. The
graphic shows the complexity of influencing the various aspects of ferry service
delivery in the province but it also minimizes the role of the BC Government as
BC Ferries negotiates its service plans and service fees with its owner, the BC
Government.
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