Mr. Speaker, I heard a fair amount of discussion tonight from the NDP members who rose to speak. There was discussion earlier that they had been in contact with fishermen who live in the South Shore riding and in West Nova riding.
I was at the meeting in Yarmouth. I was at the meeting in Shelburne. I was at the meeting in Lunenburg. I did not see any NDP members of Parliament there. I have talked with hundreds of fishermen and I have not talked to one who has been in contact with these NDP members of Parliament.
I have listened to what these members have said, which is little better than nothing. What I now want to know is simple and I want a straightforward answer. Would the New Democratic Party support a moratorium on this decision immediately to allow time for first nations, fishers and DFO to sit down and formulate a plan for the peaceful integration of first nations into the fishery? Will it support an immediate moratorium on this decision?