Mr. Speaker, I get tired when I am in the House of Commons and listen to members turning around and always talking about the past.
We have people who are hurting today. I cannot help what happened in the past. I want to change things around today for the future.
I had fishermen in my area come in to see me on Monday this week. One man sat there with tears in his eyes. He had his wife with him. They said: “We were loosing everything. We have lost our home and we are loosing the boat. We have no way to earn our living anymore”.
I want to say to the hon. member from P.E.I. that I realize that he has fishermen in P.E.I. as well, but we want to know why the playing field is not equal. The people in my area, district 36, earn only $17,000. That is it. Yet in district 35 they earn $50,000 because they have a longer period of time for lobster fishing. The people in the other districts have longer periods. All they are asking is that DFO please treat them fairly. Will it please look at it, change it around? They want their dignity. I am sure that the hon. member from P.E.I. wants them to have their dignity as well.
I am so tired that every time it gets up in the House the opposition talks of the past. Let us deal with the present and the future.
I ask my hon. friend from P.E.I. will he help us with DFO to straighten this matter out.