Mr. Speaker, while we are imploring the minister to help fishers in eastern Canada, who have been adversely affected by the decisions of Liberal governments in Ottawa in the fishery sector, how can the Minister of Human Resources Development provide a meaningless reply when, in fact, the Atlantic region is on the verge of a crisis?
The minister must go there, listen to fishers and find solutions himself, instead of relying on his public servants in Ottawa. That is the reality.