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BC Ferries deal raised with Transport Canada weeks before Freeland’s criticism, e-mails show

Nicolas Jimenez told deputy transport minister about potential issues that could arise if organization went ahead with plan to buy new ferries from Chinese state-owned shipyard

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Transport Canada had weeks of warning before BC Ferries made a controversial announcement in June that it was buying four new ships from China, according to an e-mail from the ferry organization’s head.

The purchase was swiftly condemned at the time ...