In all, 1,304 B.C. Ferries sailings were cancelled between January and May of this year, according to figures provided by the corporation. Why is that?
If you ask Jeremy Miller what life is like on Bowen Island, his answer is entirely dependent on whether B.C. Ferries is running on schedule.
The latest example was on the Saturday of the May long weekend when B.C. Ferries cancelled 12 sailings between Bowen Island and Horseshoe Bay from 3:30 p.m. onward because of a lack of staff. “There’s no secret we’re in a difficult place as a business,” said Jimenez, who took the helm in March after five years leading the Insurance Corporation of B.C. “We’ve done a lot in the last year to really address these critical staffing issues, but these problems won’t go away — certainly not in a week or a month. It’s going to take a while for us to rebuild the resilience that we might have once had a number of years ago in the business.
It estimates there will be 181 vacancies for marine-certified employees — the trained seafarers who operate vessels — in 2024. Jimenez acknowledged B.C. Ferries must “address the issue of compensation.” Starting in August, B.C. Ferries and the union will be negotiating mid-contract wage adjustments.
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