The Government of Canada is conducting discussions with Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador as expeditiously as possible. Following several meetings with provincial ministers (Energy Minister Cecil Clarke of Nova Scotia and Finance Minister Loyola Sullivan of Newfoundland and Labrador), and discussions between officials, Minister Goodale wrote to these ministers on October 24 to convey an offer from the Government of Canada.
Nouvelle-Écosse, Cecil Clarke, et le ministre des Finances de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador, Loyola Sullivan) et des discussions entre fonctionnaires, le ministre Goodale a écrit à ces ministres le 24 octobre pour leur communiquer l'offre du gouvernement du Canada.