Mr. Speaker, honourable Members will recall that for the past several days I have been asking the Minister of Economic Development and Tourism a question about the Baffin fishery. I am certainly not happy with the sorts of answers I have been receiving, and I can assure the Minister that this issue is not about to go away.
Mr. Speaker, the Minister should know that a $1400 contract was signed between his department and Co-Pro Limited of Ottawa, to report on initiatives identified at the January 1991 Atlantic fisheries advisory committee meeting. One of the matters raised at this meeting was that the marine fisheries advisor should be retained to provide advice, regulatory and other factors impacting upon marine fisheries development in Baffin. Will the Minister confirm that in October 1991, an additional $41,500 contract was given to Co-Pro Limited, the same consultant who did the advisory committee report, as a retainer for marine fishery advisor services?