Mr. Speaker, the fact of the matter is that the hon. member is simply trying to stir a pot in which there is no tempest. Why try to create a problem when one does not exist?
We are introducing a program of $1.9 billion to assist 30,000 people to get a chance to go back to work and to find new careers.
Each of those individuals, as part of the process, will sign an agreement that will commit the Government of Canada to provide all available resources to help them to be retrained, to start their own businesses, to develop projects in the environment, to enhance the fisheries. In return, each of those individuals commence becoming involved, being an active participant.
That was a discussion that we started last February with the provinces. That is a discussion that we had with the unions. That is the same discussion we had on Friday when an official from my office met with members of the union and they agreed to the process.
I do not understand for the life of me why the hon. member is getting so exercised about something that is clearly agreed to by all the parties and that will be to the benefit of all those in the fishing industry of Quebec and the Atlantic provinces.