Alexis Deschênes at the Fisheries and Oceans Committee

September 25th, 2025 / 9:55 a.m.

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Alexis Deschênes Bloc Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Listuguj, QC

I gave you the calculations on the number of traps. In Gaspésie, 55% of exploratory licences were given to indigenous people. On the Côte‑Nord, 52% of exploratory licences were given to them. In Anticosti, the figure is 50%.

My question is the following. Why were they given so many licences?

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