Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans has finally admitted what the rest of us already know, that the fishery is broken.
The five years of Conservative mismanagement after a decade of Liberal negligence cannot be reversed. Tearing up the Fisheries Act, firing scientists, laying off fisheries staff and turning out the lights will not put fish back in the sea or food on fishermen's tables.
The fishery is broken. Will the Conservative government finally support our fishing communities and put forward a concrete plan to fix it?