Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, yesterday in my Member's statement, I raised the issue of the Great Slave Lake fishery and the management and marketing of that resource. This industry is very important to the community I represent and I am most interested in seeing that this northern resource, as any other, derive the absolute maximum benefits possible.
When you consider how few species the Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation accepts, what little processing takes place in Hay River and how little product and marketing development has occurred in the recent past, perhaps it is time to assess whether the monopoly for the purchase and export is still an effective agency. My question to the Minister of Economic Development and Tourism: Is the present system of marketing and exporting Great Slave Lake fish the most beneficial means? Thank you.