It appeared to be full steam ahead for those onboard when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s mandate letter last fall to Fisheries and Oceans Minister Hunter Tootoo directed him, as a priority, to re-open the maritime rescue sub-centre in St. John’s and the Kitsilano Coast Guard Base in Vancouver.
It was a follow-up on a campaign promise prior to the last federal election to reverse a decision by the previous Conservative government to close those facilities.
But while the engines have ...