Mr. Speaker, if the government really wanted to show its gratitude to the Canadian Coast Guard maybe it would not have cut $20 million and 300 personnel from its budget.
Even after the Gordon Reid arrived, its tow cable snapped three times. The Russian ship was only about a third as big as the huge supertankers that northern gateway would bring to the very same waters off the west coast.
How can Conservatives, especially B.C. Conservatives, back their government's plan to put hundreds of oil supertankers off the B.C. coast when we do not even have the capacity to protect ourselves right now?