Mr. Speaker, there is a seal crisis in Atlantic Canada. The minister's top seal scientist has confirmed today that the seal population is so large that the seals are eating at least twice as many fish than our fishermen have ever caught before in the history of Atlantic Canada.
We all agree that a mass slaughter is not the answer. We believe that increasing the quotas would go a long way to solving this crisis in Atlantic Canada. As the minister is opposed to increasing these quotas, we want to know what is his solution to this crisis.