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Reinstating B.C. Ferries as a Crown corporation would open the door to political interference and is not required for government to keep a lid on fares, company president David Hahn said Tuesday as he announced he is to step down.

Hahn, 60, said he will leave at the end of December, 15 months before his contract expires. He has been in the job eight years.

His departure is part of cost-cutting package to generate $11 million this fiscal year after passenger numbers slipped to their lowest level in two decades. Losses this year could hit $20 million.

Consumers will likely not notice impacts other than a plan to cut up to 400 round-trip sailings on major routes, Hahn said. A wage and salary freeze, and hiring ban on non- essential positions, are also planned.

B.C. Ferries' outspoken president and chief executive was a New York aviation executive when hired to run the ferry service as an independent company under a user-pay system.

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