Mr. Speaker, my question is for the minister of fisheries. Canada is standing firm on its position that the European union must adhere to NAFO's set quotas for turbot on the Grand Banks. However, the Europeans in a continuing campaign of misinformation are telling anybody who will listen that Canadian fishermen do not need, do not want and cannot catch the Canadian quota for turbot.
I ask the minister to confirm whether this is fact or fiction. Are Canadian fishermen ready, willing and able to take the rightful quota that has been set for them through NAFO?