Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of the Environment. The minister told us yesterday, with regard to the hull of the Irving Whale , and I quote: ``-we did have an electronic inspection done last June''. Our information, however, is that the inspection was a sonar side scan. This inspection permitted only a partial check of the hull using an inaccurate procedure. A real electronic inspection would have revealed the solidity of the welding and the state of structural cracks in the barge.
Is the minister going to be satisfied with a partial study, which does not permit any conclusions to be drawn on the real solidity of the hull and is she prepared to assume responsibility for any spill that may occur during refloating?