The PC Party has written Ottawa, calling for immediate relief from high rates on the gulf ferries. .

Opposition Leader Tony Wakeham says the cost of goods in Newfoundland and Labrador is directly affected by ferry fees that are imposed federally.

Ferry service linking Nova Scotia to Newfoundland is guaranteed in the Terms of Union, and costs are supposed to be equivalent to that of a road link.

Wakeham wants the pricing terms by which Marine Atlantic currently operates to be replaced with terms that “no longer impose costs on ferry users that are higher than the costs of traveling an equivalent stretch of the Trans-Canada.

Wakeham raised the matter with Tourism Minister Steve Crocker in the House of Assembly.

“Will the Liberals join me in calling on their federal cousins to take action?” Wakeham asked. Minister Crocker admits, it’s an important issue, and he’s discussed “on multiple occasions” with the federal minister of transport and the federal tourism minister challenges involving Marine Atlantic.