Mr. Speaker, the government had months to develop a response to the Marshall decision and it did not. It had years to develop a fisheries management policy for this country and it has not. Under this Liberal government Canada now has a race based fisheries policy from coast to coast. A fisherman's livelihood is contingent upon his parent's bloodlines.
I would like to ask the minister why he has allowed race to become a cornerstone of fisheries policy in this country.