“The Prime Minister is letting France fish 1,500 tonnes of snow crab in Canadian waters. This will force our government to cut Canadian crab quotas and hurt workers in my riding. I want to know why the Prime Minister is helping France instead of protecting Canadian jobs.”

“Mr. Speaker, just after this Prime Minister’s big meeting in Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, French media announced that France will now be fishing 1,500 tonnes of snow crab on the Canadian continental shelf, to be caught by a French vessel and processed on the French islands. This will cause DFO to reduce Canadian quotas, harming the livelihoods of fishermen and plant workers in the riding I represent. Why is the Liberal Prime Minister more interested in cozying up with his European buddies than standing up for the livelihoods of Newfoundlanders and Labradorians?”

“The Prime Minister should not let France catch 1,500 tonnes of snow crab in Canadian waters. I want him to cancel this deal and protect our fishing jobs.”

“Mr. Speaker, the Liberal Prime Minister may have the authority, but he certainly does not have the right to trade away the future of fishermen and plant workers just to gain momentary access to Europeans. Giving France 1,500 tonnes of snow crab to catch on the Canadian shelf is history repeating itself. Pierre Elliott Trudeau traded away our fish to Europeans in the sixties, seventies and eighties. The question is, will the Liberal Prime Minister stop the European carnage of Canadian fisheries and cancel his modern-day giveaway of Canadian coastal livelihoods?”

“The government is hurting Canadian fishers. It is letting European fishers back into our waters after they spent years overfishing our stocks. The Prime Minister should cancel this fishing deal with France to protect Canadian jobs.”

“Mr. Speaker, obviously, the minister is not familiar with this issue. The Liberal government has turned its back on Canada’s fishing industry. The Prime Minister is abandoning our sovereignty in favour of Europeans, who have a long history of destroying Canadian fish stocks. Yesterday, the Minister of Fisheries bragged about how she hung out with fishermen in Saint-Pierre and Miquelon. Conservatives stand with Canadian coastal communities instead of those on the French islands. Will the Liberal Prime Minister change course and cancel this deal with France to protect Canadian livelihoods?”

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  Opposition question in Question Period

  Signal 35 of 100

  Much of this statement went to praise, blame, greetings, routine procedure or general stories rather than reasons, requests or specific points.

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