Hon. Percy Mockler: Once again, I would like to talk about the Atlantic Loop. Honourable senators, the Atlantic provinces are concerned and need reassurance and support from the federal government regarding the Atlantic Loop. Our daily newspaper, the Acadie Nouvelle, printed an article today under the headline “The Atlantic Loop is running out of steam.”

One of Atlantic Canada’s English-language newspapers, the Telegraph Journal, out of New Brunswick, ran an editorial under the headline “Feds must save Loop projects.”

My question is for the Government Representative in the Senate, Senator Gold. Can you tell us how many meetings have taken place between federal government representatives and representatives of the Atlantic provinces since September 2022 regarding the Atlantic Loop in order to resolve the problem we are currently facing?