Madam Chair, since the minister will not comment specifically on management plans that are apparently days away, does the minister hold true, as a principle in making management decisions, that those who actually fish a resource, those who have made investments and taken risks to establish a fishery are the ones who can expect to be assigned new quotas in that fishery, or will they be assigned to those who are awarded a royalty charter, hold that royalty charter up and say, “Now that I have been assigned this right to fish, who wants it and how much will you pay for it?” Or, will she give it to the fishermen who actually fish the resources?
In the House of Commons on May 28th, 2009. See this statement in context.