Madam Speaker, once again, a big happy birthday to you. I am sorry that you are here so late with us all tonight on your birthday.
I thank the member for Kings—Hants. I am sure the member is just as excited as I am to hear the news of the provincial election. We have the first woman leader of the opposition elected in Nova Scotia, Claudia Chender. This is very exciting news.
I am certain the member, being from Nova Scotia, loves lobster just as much as I do and the people who catch it. Who else loves lobster? People around the world love lobster, including in the United States. Some 51,000 tonnes of lobster were caught in Nova Scotia just last year, valued at more than $1 billion, and 60% of that was exported into the United States.
How is the member supporting these local lobster fishers to ensure they can continue to work, and that we can continue to see the benefits of lobster coming back into Canada in light of these tariffs being promised by Trump? How are we preparing to make sure that we are supporting these lobster—