Mr. Speaker, yesterday the Minister of Finance said that when payments were not paid back the last time, he was in high school. He behaves as if he is still in high school.
Ottawa has not paid Nova Scotia's outstanding disaster claims going back to 1999. After the 1998 ice storm, Ottawa paid over $250 million to Quebec and $55 million to Ontario. Within one year in Manitoba, Ottawa paid out over $136 million in claims. Farmers, fishermen and foresters were particularly hard hit by hurricane Juan.
When will the Prime Minister cancel the clawback and pay the money to Nova Scotia for disaster relief?