Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Minister, this is about fishers in the pelagic fishery for mackerel, herring, shrimp, redfish and crab, and the processing plants. Things are going well for lobster, but it will be a problem if it gets eaten by seals.
In your budget, there are millions of dollars that come in part from our fishers' income taxes. Is there money to support the fisheries that are affected by all of the circumstances we see today, including the lack of predictability at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans? Everyone here has observed this. Is there a budget to remedy or support it, to improve the fate of all the fishers who are dying right now? It is very serious.
You seem to be saying that since I was not born in the Gaspé, I do not understand the ocean. Well, my father and my grandfather fished for 37 years. Don't worry; I can tell the difference between shrimp and crab.
Is there something in your budget to help these people? People are constantly shouting at me and both my telephones ring all the time.