FastCat Fiasco

FastCat Fiasco or Fast Ferries Fiasco was the name given to a BC NDP blunder which cost over $450 million. The BC NDP Government, with then premier Glen Clark spearheaded the construction of the disaster called PacifiCats which were designed to improve transport service from Horseshoe Bay[?] in West Vancouver[?] to Departure Bay[?] in Nanaimo[?].

The ferries cause or have the following problems

• Gas Guzzlers
• Not much improvement from conventional vessels
• Created Tidal Wakes which damaged waterfront property
• No Trucks allowed
• Many more....

The PacifiCats are being auctioned off for scrap metal.

External links

• In-depth coverage (http://www.geocities.com/ferries_bc/pacificats)
• http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/01/09/bcferries030109
• http://www.bc.ndp.ca