Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans.
Needless to say, the government would like to assure us that there is no risk. However, when marine traffic centres are closed, it is obvious that the risk increases. It cannot be otherwise.
He says that we have nothing to fear in view of the improvements to the networks and that the employees in question who will be sent to the 12 remaining centres will be sufficient. However, everyone knows that networks can fail. We know full well that the networks have a history of malfunctioning. And we also know full well that there is a risk such failures could still occur.
I am therefore asking the parliamentary secretary a very straightforward question: what is the life of a sailor worth?