NDP’s Jamie West denounces Conservative government’s unsafe ferry services due to understaffing

QUEENS PARK – POLITICS –  NDP Labour Critic Jamie West (Sudbury) has criticized the Conservative government for worsening the staffing crisis among ferry workers in Kingston. West condemned the government’s decision to pay an out-of-province temporary staffing agency two to three times more than unionized MTO ferry workers instead of raising their wages to competitive levels. As a result, passengers have faced cancellations, delays, and health and safety hazards on the Wol