Mr. Speaker, imagine that, they are still studying it. Yesterday the minister of fisheries admitted he has no real plan for the recovery of the Atlantic cod, yet what does he want to do? Another study. He wants to spend $6 million to try to find out what seals eat. Guess what? Seals eat fish. Even his own DFO scientists will tell him that each seal eats one tonne of fish each year.
Does the minister believe that seals are part of the problem? If so, why in the world would he spend even a penny, never mind $6 million, to find out the obvious?