Mr. Speaker, yesterday in this House, the Prime Minister agreed with the verdict of the Canada-Newfoundland board which denounced awarding a contract without tender to Saint John Shipbuilding. The Prime Minister instructed the Minister of Natural Resources to require the Hibernia consortium to review its decision that was unfair to MIL Davie, the only bidder able to carry out this contract which had been awarded to Saint John.
How can the minister explain the government's decision to hold another call for tenders on this contract, when MIL Davie was the only other shipyard that bid on it?