He said: ``Unnecessary costs should not be recovered from users. Industry has funded, through seaway tolls, close to $35 million in costs that reflect labour inefficiencies, including surplus personnel and termination benefits, double taxation brought about by large corporation taxes and costs associated with tunnels and bridges in the Beauharnois Canal'.
L'industrie a versé, au moyen des péages de la voie maritime, près de 35 millions de dollars qui ont servi à payer du personnel excédentaire, des indemnités de cessation d'emploi, des impôts doubles et les coûts reliés aux tunnels et aux ponts sur le canal de Beauharnois».