Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of the Environment.
On Tuesday, an Environment Canada spokesperson suggested that the Irving Whale would only be raised high enough to slide a submersible underneath. Yet, the solution outlined in the government's call for tenders is to lift the barge more than 70 metres with steel cables before using a submersible.
How can the minister let a spokesperson from her office give the press information that is contrary to that contained in the initial bidding documents?