Mr. Speaker, at the time the hon. member raises his question the minister is in the west. He has had 24 hours of extensive discussions with stakeholders in the fishery industry on the west coast. He is meeting today with people for an exhaustive study.
I thought the member's comments on the minister were perhaps imaginative but I think we would have to read the text of what the minister said. It has very little to do with what the member suggested.
It is our expectation that as a result of the minister's discussions, the plan the government has, which stresses conservation but which recognizes conservation is the key to the survival of the industry, will be fully implemented.