Mr. Speaker, three years ago the Auditor General of Canada said that the government, through the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, was managing the shellfish industry in the exact same manner as it was with the groundfish industry. We know the catastrophe that has happened there.
With the recent announcement of the 29% increase of northern shrimp, the territory of Nunavut is now questioning the legality of that decision and we on this side are questioning the scientific evidence of that decision.
Would the minister kindly provide to the House or to the Standing Committee of Fisheries and Ocean the scientific evidence on which he based his justification of the 30% increase of that precious stock?