Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans.
The auditor general's report on the sustainability of the Pacific salmon resource base points to habitat destruction as a key factor contributing to the lower numbers of chinook and coho salmon returning to spawn in B.C. waters.
He claims the DFO has neglected its responsibility to monitor and review its policies for habitat conservation.
Will the minister inform the House why, despite warnings from an internal DFO audit in 1994, the government has failed to ever monitor and review its own habitat policy?