Thanks very much.
I have an issue I want to put on the radar screen. I don't know if you're familiar with it or if you have an answer, but I mostly want to make sure it gets on the radar screen.
I have an aquaculture project in my riding that is a complete aquaculture project. I'd say it's state of the art. It has 20 tanks, and it's empty. It's being held up for approval from DFO for a licence in Debert, Nova Scotia.
Some of the problem, I think, is because Nova Scotia does not have a containment policy yet. New Brunswick does. If it were in New Brunswick it could go ahead, but in Nova Scotia they don't have a policy. DFO does play a role here, because they license it.
It has just been an incredibly frustrating process. Every time I call, the meeting that was supposed to take place didn't take place. The inspection that was supposed to be done wasn't done. The report, when I called last week, is held up because somebody is off work. But meanwhile, the proponents have these empty facilities and can't get an answer. This has been going on now, I think, for five or six months.
I don't know how much of it is the responsibility of the provincial fisheries department, but I would just ask you to make an inquiry and find out if there's anything more that can be done, just to treat the people fairly, the proponents who are sitting there with an empty facility and going broke while people are, I feel, not putting a focus on it.
Does anybody know anything about that?