Mr. Speaker, the finance minister may want to convince the transport minister, who said he was “very disappointed by the budget” on this very file.
The Liberal government has unilaterally decided to cut back and put at risk the last remaining ferry service between P.E.I. and Nova Scotia. Last year, over 20,000 commercial trucks, 176,000 passenger vehicles and 475,000 passengers depended on this service.
Why has the government irresponsibly decided to put at risk this crucial link between P.E.I. and Nova Scotia?