Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the hon. member for her question and congratulate her on her first question in the House of Commons.
I am pleased to reply to the hon. member that due to the efforts of the Minister of Trade, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and officials of my department I can announce today that the European Community, after examining Canada's fish inspection program, has agreed to exempt all Canadian fish products from EC mandatory inspections.
This means that more than half a billion dollars worth of Canadian fish products will now have completely unfettered access to the European Community marketplace.