Mr. Speaker, Vancouver city council passed a motion demanding a reversal of the closure of the Kitsilano Coast Guard base, which downloads a huge financial and safety cost to the city with no consultation.
Retired Coast Guard Dave Howell, who responded to over 30,000 incidents, calls it “incompetent and borderline criminal. I get a knot in my stomach and want to throw up”.
Kitsilano base serves Canada's busiest port, with over 350 rescues a year. A new hovercraft will not meet that need.
Will the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans reverse his mistake—