Two federal New Democrats say Transport Canada is to blame for delaying the cleanup of a derelict ship that ran aground off Cape Breton almost a year ago.
Toronto MP Olivia Chow and Nova Scotia MP Peter Stoffer told a news conference today that the federal government has refused to take and leadership role in the case.
The decommissioned bulk carrier M-V Miner has been stuck on Scatarie Island since Sept. 20.
It was being towed to a scrapyard in Turkey when its tow line broke in heavy seas.
Earlier this month, the company asked to dismantle the ship said a pre-demolition survey had been completed, but approvals were still needed from the provincial and federal governments.
Chow, the NDP’s transport critic, says there’s no time to waste with the peak of hurricane season fast approaching.
Sackville-Eastern Shore NDP MP Peter Stoffer announces he will vote to save the long-gun registry in his Fall River, N.S., constituency office on Sept. 20, 2010.
NDP calling on Transport Canada to do something about stranded bulk carrier
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