I appreciate that MP Blaikie was very polite and articulate in his intervention.
I think, Mr. Chair, it is important to remind members—all those who spoke on this point of order—that what we're speaking to is the subamendment to Mr. Blaikie's amendment. The subamendment is where the relevance is, because the subamendment is asking the Minister of Public Safety to come before this committee relative to the budget. Since that is in the budget and the motion, and the Minister of Public Safety is responsible for the RCMP—who are not enforcing the law on the elver fishery—that minister needs to be held accountable, through this budget process, for the expenditures of those monies and for why they're not enforcing the law. That's the relevance to the elver fishery. I know that everyone who is fascinated by the elver fishery, as I am, and concerned about criminal activity would like to hear from the Minister of Public Safety as to why.
What's been interesting is that the Atlantic Canada MPs have been totally silent on the issue of the lawlessness going on—the lack of RCMP and DFO enforcement of the law. Those are part of any budget.