In any case, if we don't have laws to regulate and legislate the observation, we have parliamentarians to change the laws. It's up to you to pass the legislation we need to make sure that the hunt is respected and regulated.
I would like to respond to what Mr. Manning said. The province of Newfoundland can adopt regulations and legislations to protect its industry. I acknowledge that the province wants the processing to take place on its territory, but the department does not have the right to suffocate our industry because there are not enough quotas for the industry in Newfoundland to survive. It is not the industry on the Magdalen Islands, nor is it the fact that we buy some of the product in Newfoundland, that are causing problems in that province. Newfoundland's problem is the skins that are exported to other countries, not the skins that go from Newfoundland to the Magdalen Islands. That's not an issue for Newfoundlanders.
Further, we would need a quota of at least 30,000 skins to have an integrated industry. That quota would mean that hunters would have enough work and we would have an industry which could live off of the hunt. That figure does not even represent 10% of the global quota. People living on the Magdalen Islands have fought for many years to save the hunt. Hunters from the Magdalen Islands have always been under much more pressure during the hunt than hunters elsewhere. The abolitionists come here because it is not so far away and easier for them. So our hunters always have to deal with the protesters and they are forced to hunt surrounded by these people.
Historically, it has also had an impact on landings. As Mr. Cyr said earlier, the hunt only lasts two or three days, and when you spend half a day with the protesters on your back, the hunt really does not go as quickly. The hunt cannot be carried out under the same conditions. I think that the Department of Fisheries and Oceans should take that fact into account and give us a fair quota. If that happens, Newfoundland can adopt whatever regulations it wants to retain its own industry.