Federal tariff should be axed, ferry lobby group says

A national association for ferry operators says Ottawa should get rid of a tariff on new passenger vessels imported into the country.

As CBC Investigates revealed this week, taxpayers in Newfoundland and Labrador could be on the hook for a federal levy of $25 million when two new ferries are delivered within a year or so.

But Serge Buy, CEO of the Canadian Ferry Operators Association, says the tariff no longer serves a useful purpose.

This has been excerpted from the 29 November 2014 issue of CBC News and is available in its entirety at:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/federal-tariff-should-be-axed-ferry-lobby-group-says-1.2853478