Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans has a rule that any companies unloading oil off ships in Canada have to pay a fee. Fair enough. What is not fair is they are forced to pay a different amount depending on the province they are in. Same oil, different price.
In Quebec for example it costs 44 cents to unload a tonne of oil but in Ontario it is $1.85. In the minister's own home province it is $1.52, almost four times as much as in Quebec.
Why is the minister from B.C. in charge of this fee discriminating against B.C. businesses and consumers?