Darren Fisher, MP Dartmouth – Cole Harbour:
“Mr. Speaker, the Coast Guard patrols and protects our oceans and waterways, keeping mariners safe. In fact, on an average day it saves 15 lives. Coast Guard officers need the best tools in order to do their jobs, working in often dangerous conditions.

Could the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard please tell me what the Government of Canada is doing to improve its monitoring and patrol capabilities, particularly as it applies to the use of helicopters?”

 

Serge Cormier Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard:
“Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the member for Dartmouth—Cole Harbour for his diligence on this file
The minister recently spoke to the chief pilot, who confirmed that these made-in-Canada helicopters were small marvels. They are safer, faster, and more effective than the ones they are replacing.
What is more, they will be delivered within budget and earlier than planned. Our government is providing the men and women of the Canadian Coast Guard with the modern equipment they need to help the Canadian public.”