Mr. Speaker, in the past 30 years, the federal government has demonstrated its inability to ensure the renewal of the resource in the fisheries. Due to insufficient planning, in less than ten days, Ottawa has just announced the imposition of a moratorium on the cod fishery and the lowering of crab quotas. These measures are provoking anger among fishers, and unfortunately, violence.
Will the Prime Minister admit that these last resort measures, which no one likes, were necessary because the federal government mismanaged the resource, despite the fact that it is the responsibility of the federal government?