Mr. Speaker, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans may ignore a panel of inquiry and impose unfair oil spill response fees to be collected by big oil companies at the expense of small competitors.
There are serious concerns that the minister's decision may be retroactive and could increase gasoline and heating oil prices across Canada. Atlantic Canadians are still suffering from the HST impact on home fuels.
Will the minister commit today to implement the Gold report recommendations and say no to the retroactive fees?