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COLUMN MARKET OUTLOOK

Setting a Course for Success: Canada’s Ferry Industry

By Serge Buy

Our country’s past and its future are Halifax), access to some airports (Toronto and Prince Ru- fundamentally linked to the transpor- pert), and crossing of various waterways. Whether you are tation of people, vehicles and goods traveling across the Georgia Strait to Vancouver Island, voy- over our lakes, rivers and sea. Ferries aging across the Bay of Fundy from Digby to Saint John or have always been an integral part of commuting to work from Lévis to Québec City, Canadian

Canada’s transportation infrastructure. ferry operators are responsible for getting you there.

Today, the geo-political relevance, the Growth in Canada’s ferry industry doesn’t just stop at economic impact and the environment ridership. Ferry operators are poised, in the next