Mr. Speaker, I only have one minute to answer. I wish to thank the honourable member for Gaspé for his question. It seems to me that my colleague is living in the obscurity of his ignorance. Had he read the Constitution, as he should have, he would know that water is exclusively a matter of federal jurisdiction. One cannot say that there is no federal jurisdiction in that area. Thus, it means there is also a federal jurisdiction on fisheries.
Naturally, we want to reinforce the links between the federal government and the provinces. I gave only two examples, those of Ontario and Alberta, to show that at this time, and because of budgetary restrictions in those two provinces, we cannot expect them to address the issue of fisheries and assume a major responsibility in this area. These provinces have reduced their budgets and, hence, the ability of their departments to assume more responsibility than they have at the present time.