Mr. Speaker, I am here today to speak for myself. I can tell members the concerns from my constituents. The technology the hon. member is proposing is unproven. It will drive up the price to produce farmed fish. It will drive up the price that families pay to put food on their table. It will kill Canadian jobs.
If we do not produce farmed fish in the east coast aquaculture, our international competitors will. Investment dollars will go elsewhere, whether it is to Scotland, to Chile or to other parts around this world. This is a growing industry and it is a way to feed the world with safe and affordable farmed seafood.
That is the perspective from Atlantic Canada. We have this technology. It creates many good-paying jobs, not only on the water but also white-collar jobs in the office in rural Canada.