Liberal staffers strategized over $1-billion loan for Chinese ferries while Freeland dismissed federal connection

As Transport Minister Chrystia Freeland was in the House of Commons distancing Ottawa from BC Ferries’ plan to buy four new ships from a Chinese state-owned shipyard, senior Liberal advisers were debating how to manage a looming announcement that there was in fact a connection.

Canada Infrastructure Bank, a federal Crown corporation, had provided $1-billion in financing for the purchase. ---More...

BREAKING NEWS: Another Liberal Scandal

Chrystia Freeland stood in Parliament dismissing any federal role in BC Ferries’ $1-billion deal with a Chinese state-owned shipyard.

But leaked e-mails show the truth:

1. The Canada Infrastructure Bank (a federal Crown corporation)… pic.twitter.com/8igV456WL7

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