Mr. Speaker, since the crab crisis has not been settled, despite the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans' statement on Monday, 1,800 processing plant workers are still waiting for some support from the Liberal government, which seems to be unaware of their desperate straits. The provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec should not have to be the only ones to shoulder the responsibility for financial assistance for these plant workers.
Is the Minister of Human Resources Development prepared to meet with representatives of the plant workers in these provinces in order to create an emergency program to help out these people who have been hit so hard by this crisis, which her own government has brought about?