Mr. Speaker, I am prepared to take responsibility for a lot of things but as Minister of the Environment even I cannot dictate the weather.
The member will know the reason the Irving Whale was not able to be lifted this year was specifically because of the small window of opportunity for raising the Whale . We needed two very calm days and those days were not forthcoming because of the delays occasioned by the court case.
Everything is in place for the Irving Whale to be lifted next year. It seems to me that the presence of PCBs which if laid out would cover a football field three feet deep makes it even that much more urgent to lift the Irving Whale . We intend to do that as soon as the weather and the courts permit.