Good morning, everyone. We're ready to begin. I should officially rap the gavel to open the meeting. I'd like to thank everyone for coming this morning.
Perhaps we might just take a few moments before we begin to have a moment of silence to remember the one-year anniversary of the tragedy that took place on Saturday, March 28.
[A moment of silence observed]
Thank you very much.
We're ready to begin this morning.
Once again, thank you very much for coming to meet with the fisheries committee this morning, and I apologize for being a little late getting started. There were circumstances that couldn't be helped, but we're here and we're very anxious to meet and to hear the issues pertaining to the lobster fishery in Îles-de-la-Madeleine.
Mr. Poirier, I believe you're going to do the speaking this morning on behalf of the association. Before you start your comments, perhaps you could introduce the others with you this morning and their role, and then if you want to proceed right into your presentation, that would be terrific.
Thank you.