I just wanted to remind hon. members that the first report proposing salvage measures, proposed in 1989, was rejected by the then Minister of the Environment.
I am very pleased to report that, since we came to power, 24 years after the incident occurred and six years after the first report was presented to the former environment minister-the hon. member for Lac-Saint-Jean-action will finally be taken this spring. We have opted for the alternative that was the least expensive and the safest for the residents of the Magdalen Islands and Prince Edward Island.