Mr. Speaker, I would like to make a brief intervention. I submit that while the hon. member has demonstrated an interest in the issue of the management of the Fraser River salmon it is clear he has not demonstrated a breach of his privileges.
The member in his summation said that the information given on September 23, 1994 is not absolutely complete and the minister knows it is not complete because in early November, six weeks later, he met with enforcement officers in Vancouver who gave him additional information.
If you check the "blues", Mr. Speaker, because I listened very carefully, you will find that is exactly what the member said, that the minister should have known better on September 23 and had a more complete answer because on November 2 the minister met with enforcement officers and was given additional information.
I want to confirm that as the member knows, I did meet with enforcement officers on November 2 at DFO headquarters in Vancouver. I was given additional information. As a consequence of that additional information I set up a panel which in the last week has held public hearings in British Columbia listening to every single stakeholder group talking about the management of salmon on the Fraser River. The member knows that as well, even though he has called into question the integrity of this panel which is chaired by none other than the former Speaker of the House of Commons, the Hon. John Fraser.
Let me say this to the member and let me say to you, Mr. Speaker, that at the time the question was asked the answer which was given makes reference to the fact that delays in signing agreements have had little impact, it says, on the enforcement of aboriginal fisheries. That is the information the minister had. I learned subsequently in discussions with enforcement officers over a full month later of additional concerns.
We have acted to have a total public review to deal with those concerns. I have a review going on internally in the department to deal with concerns about enforcement. Nobody is attempting to mislead anybody. The member is a month behind the process. We were already working on the problem before he even brought it to the House.