Mr. Speaker, the Thunder Bay Marine Communications and Traffic Services Centre that monitors Lake Superior, the St. Mary's River and the north shore of Lake Huron will close in 2014. Fewer operators, farther away, will be answering almost 400 more calls.
How can the government forget tragedies like the Edmund Fitzgerald?
This closure will lead to even more disasters on our Great Lakes.
Why are Conservatives making reckless cuts to essential services in northern Ontario? Why are they weakening marine safety?