Thank you, Mr. Chair.
West coast fishing tourism is a key economic driver in British Columbia, especially in coastal communities, and yet the public fishery gets no respect from the government. Last year, the public fishery was weakened by restrictions based on ideology and not science. A year later, the fisheries minister refuses even to discuss viable, science-based solutions to conserve B.C.'s public fisheries.
Does the minister and her government have a will and a plan to support Canada's west coast fisheries and the communities they sustain?