Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Prime Minister.
According to an analysis by the MIL Davie survival committee, this Quebec shipyard received only 8 per cent of shipbuilding contracts awarded by Ottawa in Eastern Canada since 1986. After submitting a business plan to the government, MIL Davie is still waiting for an answer regarding the project to build a new ferry for the Magdalen Islands.
Given the underrepresentation of MIL Davie in federal contracts since 1986, does the Prime Minister admit that the federal government itself put the shipyard in a difficult position and that one way to correct the situation would be to award the ferry construction contract to this company immediately?