Madam Speaker, I have two sets of petitions to present today.
The first set consists of two petitions, one from south Vancouver Island, Victoria, Esquimalt and Saanich, and a second set of petitions from north Vancouver Island, the ridings of Vancouver Island North and Nanaimo—Alberni.
Hundreds of people in those areas of Vancouver Island request that the Minister of Fisheries look at the halibut allocation policy. They believe there needs to be a viable allocation framework for halibut in British Columbia, which guarantees sustainable economic benefits and compensation for the transfer of fishing quotas to the public.
As members know, the NDP has been calling for a fisheries summit on the halibut allocation issue in British Columbia.