Mr. Speaker, I wish to remind the Acting Prime Minister that the Bloc Quebecois was the only party to vote against the Hibernia legislation; the current government voted in favour.
The Hibernia consortium, heavily subsidized with billions of dollars from taxpayers in Canada and Quebec, was denounced last week by the Canada-Newfoundland Board for violating the terms of the plan for awarding Hibernia contracts. By renewing their decision, probably with the agreement of the representative from Petro-Canada, 70 per cent owned by the federal government, the members of the Hibernia board of directors continue to deny justice to the MIL Davie shipyard.
Is the government aware that by not immediately demanding the cancellation of the contract awarded to Saint John Shipbuilding, it is condoning another decision that discriminates against the MIL Davie shipyard?