Mr. Speaker, unfortunately in 1997 the former minister who was in the House ignored the advice of four different people and opened up the turbot fishery in Newfoundland.
Now the current minister is also ignoring advice from his department's observer reports. The auditor general is hinting to us that the environment is absolutely ripe for a total collapse of the shellfish industry in Atlantic Canada.
We have seen the movie cod one. Do not let us see the movie shellfish two. It will be disastrous for Atlantic Canadians. It will be disastrous for the taxpayers of the country.