Public yes, but not nationalized.

What's the distinction here? You mean that you want it to be federal instead of provincial? Or that a govt-owned company doesn't count as nationalized because its governance is too similar to a private company?

What I sparsely understood from your comment is that these agencies need more govt funding and less reliance on fees, which I totally agree. Not sure if that's what nationalizing transit means, though.

There’s Government Service, and there’s Public Service Badly Managed for Profit. Hint: if our ferry system tries to bill itself as a tour operator, it’s in the latter group.

So is the problem with BC Ferries that it's badly managed and the way it markets itself... or is the issue that it receives too little govt funding? I think it's the latter.