Mr. Speaker, I would like to recognize today the many friends of Sydney harbour.
My constituents of Sydney--Victoria have worked endlessly on cleaning up the harbour and making it a major tourist attraction, from installing a state of the art sewage treatment plant to the makeover of Wentworth Park and the waterfront boardwalks, and the biggest challenge of all, the Sydney tar ponds cleanup.
The Sydney Port Authority has also invested millions of dollars in the Joan Harris Cruise Pavilion, the Steve Kavanaugh Stage, and the giant fiddle, the largest in the world, which greets approximately 70,000 cruise ship visitors to the beautiful island of Cape Breton every year.
Despite all these positive results, Sydney harbour has an eyesore that has potential danger. At the end of the harbour is a rusted out derelict vessel named the Cape Ann III.
I would encourage the Minister of Transport to become a friend of Sydney harbour and order the removal of this vessel immediately.