Thank you. I hope he doesn't take it out of my time.
I want to thank my colleague Mr. Allen for his question on aquaculture. It's another issue for the riding. We absolutely recognize that it provides good paying jobs for our small remote communities up the coast that need them. I'm glad to hear you're working with them.
The other part is the sea lice studies, which have been done over many years, that are giving proof that there is a problem. But as you recognize, there are a lot of other constraints on our salmon, with global warming, climate change. We recognize that something is happening in the ocean. There are industrial, commercial, and residential developments that are causing a loss of small river habitat. There's logging in watersheds that is changing what's happening in creeks. There are a whole lot of pressures on our wild fish.
You said you've added enforcement and habitat restoration people. I would like to know how many and where. Again, the question I get when I'm home is, “Where are these people? We're stressed to the max. We need help. There's not enough money, so anything you can do to help us build that up would be really appreciated.”
The other thing they're saying is that because of these constraints and because they're losing fish.... You mentioned yourself that stocks are down. Do you think it's important that we be do more? I'm wondering whether there will be more in the upcoming budget for this type of work.