Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I want to say that, as we all know, this certainly does affect some of my area. I have spoken with fishermen and I have expressed my sympathy for their loss, their reduction, which mainly leads to a loss of workers and of jobs. This is a big concern of mine.
I also have met with the minister. As she has explained to all of us, the fishermen were asked to take a lower quota last year due to the reduction of biomass, and they didn't do that. Therefore, this year there is definitely going to be a bigger impact. I can see that.
I also know that our government is working to provide other means of job sharing and employment benefits, and is working with the fishermen and the processors to help a little bit. It's not as much as we'd like to see done, but it is a lot.
What I don't understand is how this sudden study of the snow crab industry is going to help our fishermen right now any more than what our government is about to do. With our process and our plan all in mind, I prefer to go ahead and finish our plan, then certainly go back to study the snow crab industry and be ready for the next year or whenever we can help them. Personally, I don't see where our dropping everything to study the snow crab is going to do these fishermen, the workers, or the processors any good, any more than what we can give them now.
For that reason, I'll be voting for the new motion.