Federal Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair says meetings with the parents of a Labrador man lost at sea in 2021 have resulted in a "path forward" on fishing vessel safety but he won't commit to an inquiry on the subject.
Jeanette and Dwight Russell are calling for a federal commission of inquiry into fishing vessel safety, after their son Marc and his crewmate Joey Jenkins aboard the Island Lady didn't return to port in Mary's Harbour as planned in September 2021.