Mr. Speaker, the Fisheries Council of Canada wrote to the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans on November 10 graphically pointing out that the government spends more than five times as much as Norway and ten times as much as Iceland on fisheries administration even though both of these countries catch more fish than Canada.
Will the minister admit that his department's spending on fisheries administration is totally out of control and must be drastically reduced if Canada's fishery is to remain viable and competitive in the future?