Good morning, everyone.
My name is Scott Simms. I represent central Newfoundland. You may remember me from some episodes of past studies. Just for the benefit of the people in the room, I've been away on another committee assignment for a while. I've since returned, for good or bad or what have you.
We're in the midst of doing a study on marine protected areas; however, today we are going to take a break from it.
I'll just say what we're doing today. It was agreed that the committee invite officials from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to appear before the committee in the month of May to provide an update on the government's response to the 75 recommendations of the Cohen Commission of Inquiry into the Decline of the Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River.
We have a couple of things to deal with first, folks, before we get into it.
Mr. Sopuck, I think you wanted some time.