I want to talk a bit about something that was mentioned in a couple of presentations. Mr. Doak summed it up nicely when he said that when a bully steals your lunch, you don't stop taking your lunch. Mr. Irving also mentioned finding innovative and cost-effective ways to track Atlantic salmon to Greenland. That's kind of what I want to talk about.
What I'm hearing is that the Miramichi Salmon Association, the Atlantic Salmon Federation, and individuals and interested groups like Mr. Doak's can improve habitat, can study this, and can come up with all sorts of strategies, but that right now there is an issue. We can spend money in Canada and the government can make strategic investments and set up programs to help Atlantic salmon stocks recover, but meanwhile Greenland, which is producing very few salmon, is taking advantage of that work and over-harvesting some of our most valuable large salmon. That pattern is simply unsustainable.
Certainly Conservative members of this committee have called on the Government of Canada to take whatever action it can, using whatever tools at its disposal, including economic or diplomatic pressure, to force Greenland to become a good partner with us. Right now it seems that they are taking the fruits of our labours here in Canada for their own economic benefit.
Perhaps we'll start with Mr. Hambrook and Mr. Doak. Could you comment on the issue of Greenland over-fishing and on what tools you think the Government of Canada should be using to address that issue?