Mr. Speaker, the question yesterday and the one today come from the imposition of fees for ice breaking and marine aids which total approximately 17% of the actual costs of the services provided. We are attempting to make sure that those who use the services pay at least 17% of the costs. Then the general taxpayer is, of course, relieved of that.
The problem with the ports of Quebec is that to get to them vessels have to go through waters much closer to Newfoundland. Therefore, if there is ice breaking, the inevitable result is they could just ice break in the St. Lawrence, but it would not do much good because the ships would never get to port.