Mr. Speaker, the Liberals are certainly poor managers of our resources.
I would ask the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, while he is contemplating the closure of the Atlantic cod fishery to deal with declining stocks, is he also planning to deal with the growth of the seal herds, foreign overfishing, and gear types that have a detrimental effect on these stocks? If he is not, why is he bothering to close the fishery at all?