Whereas the Province of British Columbia is responsible to provide for appropriate oversight of BC Ferries Services Inc. and has selected to provide that oversight through the statutory establishment of a BC Ferries Commissioner; And whereas the BC Ferries Commissioners statutory mandate does not include direct interaction with the 13 Ferry Advisory Committees, representing all the communities and stakeholders in BC Ferries service area, whose issues and concerns are frequently not resolved, acknowledged or answered by BC Ferries: Therefore be it resolved that UBCM urge the provincial government to commit to amend the BC Ferry Commissioners statutory mandate to require a BC Ferry Commissioner representative to sit on the Ferry Advisory Committees to hear service concerns directly from the 13 committees.
Transportation and Infrastructure The BC Ferries Commission is the independent regulator of BC Ferry Services that establishes the price caps every four years, approves BC Ferries Capital Plan, and ensures that BC Ferries meets its contractual requirements. While the Commission does not regulate or have directive powers over the day to day operations of BC Ferries, stakeholders including the Ferry Advisory Committees can request the Commission to undertake performance reviews of BC Ferries operations should the committees have specific concerns. The ministry does not speak for the Commissioner, we expect that Ferry Advisory Committees would be able to reach out to the Commission at any time to raise any concerns they may have. The Commission also has the responsibility to oversee BC Ferries complaints process and can require the company to make changes to improve the organizations responsiveness