Mr. Speaker, the fisheries minister said that he consulted the industry when he dreamt up his new tax, but he sure did not listen. Here are just a few of those who wrote in protest to the minister: the Eastern Fishermen's Federation, Southwest Nova Fixed Gear Association, the Fisheries Association of Newfoundland and Labrador, the South West Nova Tuna Association, the New Brunswick Fish Packers' Association, the Fundy Weir Fishermen's Association Inc., the Ontario Fish Producers' Association. The list goes on: the Atlantic Herring Co-op, the Fisheries Council of British Columbia, the Canadian Council of Professional Fish Harvesters, the Alliance des pêcheurs professionnels du Québec, Fishermen Food and Allied Workers, the Prince Edward Island Fishermen's Association, and many more.
They all said no new taxes. Fishermen are not going to let the minister off the hook. If he does not back down he is going to be done like dinner.