I think what's put together is okay. It's something you cannot vote against, but it's got no guts at all. It's got nothing in it to add support and push to the government. I thought this committee would be in place in order to provide guidance to the government as to where we think they should go in the sealing industry. The fact is, we need the government to do more. It's great to say “I promote”, it's great to say “I provide”, but if you do not provide it's no good. That's the problem we have here.
It was said that this amendment could not be accepted because.... Sure, I won't vote against the motion, but it's worthless unless something is done. What we need to do is support the people out on the ice, the sealers, and we want the government to support the sealers. We're not doing it, and it's most unfortunate. We can play games and say we're going to do this and that, but the fact is this is a pretty serious issue. If the sealing industry collapses, it's going to affect an awful lot of fisheries on the east coast of this country.
I'm so disappointed that we have done absolutely nothing to obtain markets. I'm not blaming anybody, but what we have to do is urge the government to do these things if you want an industry. It's great to have an industry, but they have to sell the pelts. They're not doing it, and we're not asking them to do it. We're asking them for support. Sure, they support, but support without guts is no good.