Mr. Speaker, important meetings are beginning today in Recife, Brazil.
Canada has long pressed the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas to adhere to scientific advice and enforce the rules of this organization. However, members fishing the stock in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, fish recklessly, leaving environmental groups and some countries to call for a trade ban.
Could the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans assure the House that Canada will stand up for conservation and its fishers?