Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Acting Prime Minister.
Quebec environment minister David Cliche yesterday announced that, for the moment, he is unable to give the go ahead to the operation to refloat the Irving Whale , because federal employees have been unable to provide satisfactory answers to a number of questions, in particular four key questions on the safety of the operation.
How can the minister explain the inability of the environment department's employees to provide answers to Quebec's questions?