Mr. Speaker, my guess is that 15% is a knock-on effect of marijuana legalization.
We now know that the Apollo ferry is a rickety and dangerous old boat that should have been pulled from service long ago. This information should have been available before now, because Transport Canada is responsible for inspecting vessels.
Apparently Transport Canada rubber-stamps vessel certifications without inspecting or investigating the vessels thoroughly.
Will the Minister of Transport take responsibility, get serious about inspections and compensate Quebec, whose only mistake here was trusting the Minister of Transport to do his job properly?