Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for her question.
It has to be understood that there was overwhelming support, as I mentioned to her last week, both from Îles-de-la-Madeleine as well as from residents of P.E.I., to get this environmental ticking bomb up and out safely from the bottom of the ocean, which is exactly what happened this summer.
The Irvings have agreed, which they did not do last year, to destroy the PCB contaminated fuel. This can cost anywhere between $2 million and $10 million. That will be absorbed completely by the Irving company.
The Government of Canada and I support very strongly the polluter pay principle. That is why, once all the bills are in, estimated at between $30 million and $35 million, we will make an application to the oil pollution fund. In that way we can recoup on behalf of the taxpayers every single last penny of that $35 million.