Nova Scotia's Premier Stephen McNeil is urging Canada's federal government to help subsidize the Portland, Maine, to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, ferry service.
"This is an international link," McNeil told Canada's CTV News. "We believe the federal government should be there helping us."
The province of Nova Scotia paid out $26 million in subsidies during the Nova Star's first season.
A rival group, led by executives involved in the former Scotia Prince service between Maine and Nova Scotia, is proposing to take over the run with a smaller vessel that it says would require far less subsidy money to operate.
