Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Prime Minister. The Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board just made its ruling regarding the award, without call for tenders, of a construction contract to Saint John Shipbuilding, as part of the Hibernia megaproject. The Board ruled unequivocally that the MIL Davie shipyard, in Quebec, had suffered a prejudice, since it had bidden on this contract, unlike Saint John Shipbuilding. This important contract involves several hundred jobs.
How can the Prime Minister justify the decision made by the Hibernia consortium, of which he is a shareholder, to directly award the contract to Saint John Shipbuilding, rather than to MIL Davie, which is a blatant violation of the applicable rules?