I call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting number 10 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans. Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted on January 18, 2022, the committee is resuming its study of the traceability of fish and seafood products.
This meeting, of course, is taking place in a hybrid format, pursuant to the House order of November 25, 2021. Interpretation services are available for this meeting. Please inform me immediately if interpretation is lost and we'll ensure it is restored before resuming.
We have a number of witnesses, but before I introduce them, I will say that the clerk has told me the volume in the room is very high. It would be much better if members could keep their mikes turned down and use the earpiece to hear, because it may interfere with the interpreters' ability to follow the meeting they way they would like to.
For our witnesses, as an individual, we have Monsieur Charlebois, who is a professor with the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University; from Fumoir Grizzly Incorporated, we have Laura Boivin, chief executive officer; and from Safe Quality Seafood Associates, we have Mr. Scott Zimmerman, chief executive officer. That's two names with “Zimmer” in them this meeting. That might be a problem.
We will now proceed with opening remarks from Mr. Charlebois, for five minutes or less, please.