Mr. Speaker, my question is for the acting Minister of Transport.
Twelve years ago Department of Transport officials identified what they called a major safety concern at the Kelowna airport. The safety concern was that air traffic controllers cannot see the runways.
In 1989 the Department of Transport issued a temporary waiver to allow the airport to continue operations on the condition that a new tower be built. Ten years later there is no new tower, no plans, no nothing.
Considering that Kelowna is one of the fastest growing airports in Canada, will the minister now do whatever is necessary to stop the delays and address what his own department calls a major safety concern?