Mr. Speaker, let us not forget that Quebecers invested $800 million of their tax dollars in Hibernia, only to see MIL Davie get a small $15-million contract. In the meantime, the Sorel-Tracy shipyard and the Montreal shipyard were closed and every attempt is being made to also close the one in Lévis, while
shipyards in Newfoundland and New Brunswick are being subsidized and contracts are awarded without any tender to Saint John Shipbuilding. Is this all part of a scheme to kill MIL Davie? How can the government be proud of such an attitude?
How can the minister abdicate her responsibility regarding management of Hibernia by always telling us the same old story and hiding behind the private partners of the consortium, when the federal government guarantees close to 50 per cent of the funds for this megaproject, or some $30 billion?