Mr. Speaker, after slashing DFO by $80 million last year, the government is now gutting another $100 million out of the departmental budget this year. That will certainly not fix the problems at DFO. It would not bring back the Coast Guard stations, the ELA or protect fish habitat. The budget also includes a cut of around $16 million a year for small craft harbours.
Does the government not realize that by continually slashing the budget of the department and continually slashing the small craft harbours budget, it is destroying our Canadian fisheries?