Mr. Speaker, challenged by residents of the Gaspé and the Magdalen Islands, the federal Liberal MP, the minister's colleague, replied that he could not prevent the construction of a toxic waste incinerator in Belledune, New Brunswick. Yet, through the Fisheries Act, the federal government can intervene, and it already has in the past on the north shore of Quebec.
Does the Minister of Fisheries realize that under section 35 of the Fisheries Act, he can and must act as soon as possible? This is vital to the region.