Mr. Speaker, first, I did consult with the minister of fisheries of the province of Quebec.
Second, the increase in the value of landings in the province of Quebec between 1989 and the year for which I have figures, 1997, was higher in Quebec than in any other province in Atlantic Canada. The Quebec fishermen are in fact, in terms of increase in their landings, getting more money than those of any other province.
My final point is that when it comes to temporary shrimp licences we allocate on the basis of adjacency and the Quebec fishers are not adjacent to the Labrador and Newfoundland shrimp.