Despite an annual subsidy of approximately $10 million, the minister did confirm that taxpayers will cover some of the costs for renovations that Bay Ferries is conducting on the ferry terminal in Bar Harbor.

The options available to the Nova Scotia government are limited after the option to extend the CAT's lease between in the City of Portland and Bay Ferries Ltd. expired on Dec. 31.

Bay Ferries began taking reservation bookings on Monday for the daily sailings between June 15 and September 30.