Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans.
In August, the coast guard brutally boarded the vessels of Gaspé fishers participating in a peaceful demonstration against the minister's incompetence. Today, we learned that the minister is making a disgraceful situation even worse by laying charges against the very people his irresponsible policies are hurting.
Does the minister recognize that the fishers were reacting to his inertia and that he is now making matters worse by taking steps to have them—