Statement made on 15 June 2010 by Senator Terry Mercer
Hon. Terry M. Mercer:
Honourable senators, while we appreciate the answers that the Leader of the Government has given us, with the spill currently off the Gulf Coast and with the oil moving further east, the fear is that it will now go around Florida and then start up the Atlantic Coast. If the oil is caught in the Gulf Stream, then there is the worry that it might come ashore in Nova Scotia, because the Gulf Stream will move it up there quite quickly, depending on the weather, et cetera.
Can the minister assure us that the government has taken action, since this major spill in the Gulf occurred, to ensure that we are prepared in the event that some of this oil does make its way up the Atlantic Coast and comes ashore in Nova Scotia, which would be the first stop in Canada as it moves up the coast?
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