Mr. Speaker, first, I want to acknowledge my colleague and congratulate her on her election.
I want to highlight something that is happening in the fish industry, something that she would be concerned about if it was happening in Newfoundland. Right now, in British Columbia, harvesters are being displaced by foreign acquisition of Canada's commercial fishing licences and quotas. Canada does not currently have any limitations on foreign ownership of commercial fishing licences and quotas in the Pacific region. This is impacting the livelihood of small operators, and this is a practice only on the west coast.
I would like to ask my colleague, how would Newfoundlanders react if foreign owners were allowed to acquire a licence and did not even have to fish it? This is something the Liberal government has failed to address.