The Vancouver Sun reports in its Thursday edition that a construction industry advocacy group says delays to the Pattullo Bridge replacement project can be blamed, in part, on the province's reliance on Chinese steel. The Sun's Alec Lazenby writes that in a presentation to the province's select standing committee on finance and government services this week, Keanin Loomis at the Canadian Institute of Steel Construction told MLAs that some of the issues with the Pattullo replacement can be put down to the general contractor for the project sourcing steel and fabrication services from China. He said the steel used in the project was prefabricated in China, and when it was brought over to Canada there were issues in the welding, leading to delays and increased expenses as on-site workers had to fix the mistakes. "My members are now fixing a lot of the mistakes," Mr. Loomis said. "If you had gone with a Canadian fabricator, I'm sure that there would be cars driving on that bridge right now." Mr. Loomis said that while a good portion of steel coming from China is high quality, some of it is what he calls "Temu steel," as it is mass produced and low quality, much like products available through the on-line retailer, Temu.