Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Transport. Three weeks ago the Minister of Transport stated that he was not prepared to put a cent into the port of Belledune as far as a grant was concerned any more than he would put grant money into the port of Saint John or anywhere else.
This week we have discovered that a $5.8 million grant was transferred from the federal government to the port of Belledune.
How can the minister justify giving a $5.8 million grant to the port of Belledune when a loan of $20 million has already been authorized to develop the port of Belledune and it has received almost $6 million from the provincial government as well?
Would the Minister of Transport please tell us how he can justify this when it is against his policy as stated by him three weeks ago?