The provincial government is launching a review of B-C Ferries next month to evaluate the service's ability to meet the needs of ferry users and coastal communities.
BC Ferries President Mark Collins says the ferries has been reviewed 14 times since 2004, and says while the corporation is not perfect, they have come out of the reviews in good shape - and expects nothing will change this time.
"Well there's certainly many constraints when it comes to operating the ferry service. And we always do the best we can within those constraints to meet the needs of those communities. Certain of these constraints are outside our control - like fuel costs, things like that. But we always try to do the best we can within those constraints."
Collins says he welcomes the review and looking forward to learning if there's an efficiencies the corporation hasn't yet identified.
The review will not look at bringing the ferries back into government, and Collins says he appreciates the recognition that doing that may not be beneficial. He says in independent enterprise form BC Ferries has been able to invest significantly in the service, perhaps in a greater way than as a government entity.
The review is budgeted at 250-thousand dollars. A final report is expected by June.