Joanne Thompson

Mr. Speaker, clearly the opposition member did not hear me, so let me repeat that Pacific salmon will remain a shared public resource managed by the federal government. There have been extensive public consultations on the policy and working group tables continue. That includes representation from sport and recreational groups, first nations and the commercial sector. A revised salmon allocation [more]

Mr. Speaker, the member opposite is incorrect. Let me repeat: Pacific salmon will remain a shared resource managed by the federal government. There have been extensive public consultations on the policy, and working group tables continue that include representations from the sport and recreational group, first nations and the commercial sector. A revised salmon allocation policy will not take [more]

Mr. Speaker, Pacific salmon will remain a shared public resource managed by the federal government. There have been extensive public consultations on the policy, and working group tables continue and include representatives from sport and recreation, commercial harvesters and first nations. A revised salmon allocation policy will not take away any sector's access to the resource. To suggest [more]

Mr. Speaker, my colleague from Newfoundland and Labrador is completely right. Our province was made for this moment. That is why I was proud last week to announce a federal investment of $16 million in Newfoundland and Labrador companies to build a stronger industrial base for defence manufacturing in our province. That means good jobs for Newfoundlanders and Labradorians to build more of what [more]

Mr. Speaker, I do not need lessons from the other side on standing up for harvesters. I will remind the member of the opposition that I spoke to this yesterday. We had a one-year consultation on a policy that was not reviewed since 1999. With one year open, we will be working through what we heard. We will have a decision in due course, and I will let the member know. No decision has been made.

Mr. Speaker, the policy the member referenced was put in place in 1999, so of course we took six years, starting in 2018, to review the terms. There has been one year of consultations, which finished at the end of January. No decision has been made.

It's an important question. As I hope I very clearly stated in the opening comments, I support an authorized fishery, period, full stop, regardless of where the work is taking place, and I—

I want to reassure you that we are not eliminating science and science management from our salmon stocks.

Obviously, there's a degree of confidentiality in this work. I invite you to ask questions to the officials in the second hour. As Minister of Fisheries, I think it's important for me to state clearly that we work with authorized fishery. You can see the work that's happened over the past year to that end. The work happens in multiple areas.

Thank you.

We can have fishing activity and promote sustainability.