‘Not My Department’

Protests over poor lobster prices hit Parliament as the Minister of Fisheries insisted processors’ rates are not his department. “It’s not the responsibility of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to set the pricing,” Keith Ashfield told the Commons. Lawmakers are awaiting a Senate study on the state of the billion-dollar export industry.

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