Mr. Speaker, we know that the Senate is full, but the Liberals still have a good patronage haven, the Port of Halifax.
The intent of the new Canada Marine Act was to devolve control of seaports to local stakeholders. In Halifax nominations to the port advisory committee by local shipping, commercial and labour interests were ignored to make room for the same Liberal hacks who have run the port for years.
Now Merv Russell and his crew are incestuously engaged in selecting themselves and their buddies as port authority directors.
When will the Minister of Transport defend the public interest and stop abetting this nonsense?