Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the work that has been done on this file. The Great Lakes Fisheries Commission has done wonderful work in the Great Lakes for the environment, but also for planning our fishery resources and so forth. What we have seen over the years is Canada not paying its fair share, whether it be for sea lamprey projects or other matters, and it created much consternation.
Some members here in the House have come with me to Washington, D.C. to lobby Congress and the Senate. We have to deal with so many different issues, but this irritant comes up all the time because we are stiffing on the bill or we had been in the past. The recommendation here is to move the project back to where it belongs in Global Affairs.
Why are we creating another problem with the United States, unnecessarily hurting Canadians and Americans through bureaucratic stubbornness and reluctance to correct the field? We have to lobby on all kinds of new things coming up with President-elect Trump. Why would we not just be taking some of these irritants that do not even serve Canadians very well off the table?
Why is he protecting internal bureaucratic machinations instead of providing us the opportunity to get better results for Canadians and better fiscal accountability? This is a major irritant that is really unnecessary and will provoke more nonsense from the U.S.