Thank you, Ms. Aldworth.
For the record before we move on to Mr. Byrne as our first questioner, you've stated that all seals are killed this way, but the committee certainly has heard testimony time and time again from sealers that states that the seals are clubbed, checked for reflex, and bled out.
It's obvious that this particular case would be against the rules as they've been set out by DFO. But that doesn't mean all seals are killed like that, and out of 350,000 animals, that scene certainly looks as if it was outside the rules. But I don't think it says that all seals are killed in that manner. I just want to make that point.
Mr. Lavigne, you mentioned that there is no scientific evidence or support for a cull of harp seals, but there is no cull. We have to use the right nomenclature here. There is a hunt.