Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My first question to the Minister of ITI is related to my Member’s statement earlier today. Mr. Abbott reports that Fisheries and Oceans Canada has told him he cannot get a licence to export fish out of the NWT until he can prove that the NWT market is saturated and there is excess for export. Obviously, this is an overly onerous request for a single provider that would require considerable time and expense. It’s difficult to understand how the market saturation could be realistically demonstrated.

Here’s an instance where the Industry, Tourism and Investment department could go to bat for Mr. Abbott and all fishers to eliminate an unrealistic, almost silly barrier to prosperity. Will the Minister commit to having this investigated and including the results in their promised report to committee on the FFMC and fisheries file? Thank you.