Mario Laframboise on St. Lawrence Waterway

In the House of Commons on May 6th, 2003. See this statement in context.

St. Lawrence WaterwayOral Question Period

May 6th, 2003 / 2:35 p.m.

Bloc

Mario Laframboise Bloc Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel, QC

Mr. Speaker, downloading the St. Lawrence maintenance costs to shipowners is tantamount to downloading snow removal and road maintenance costs to truck drivers, with the effect we can imagine.

Does the minister intend to continue anyway and keep overcharging the shipowners, who may abandon St. Lawrence ports for those on the American east coast, for instance?

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