Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Bungay, for being with us today and helping us to understand a little more about this issue.
Let me start, and if we have some extra time, my colleagues may have some questions as well.
Let me begin with one or two points of clarification. I'm the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, and she would probably want me to clarify that the decision regarding funding for the Canadian Centre for Fisheries Innovation was not made by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans; it was made by ACOA. I'm not sure of their reasons for thinking the program no longer meets their criteria, but it wasn't our decision.
I also want to say on her behalf that she takes this lobster issue very seriously. She is concerned about what's happening not just here in P.E.I., but throughout Atlantic Canada. It's one of her most important files.
You said in your comments that your volume has dwindled—I think that is the word you used—and you mentioned 50%; then you commented that you don't know what you're going to buy from year to year. I'm not sure I understand why it has dwindled. Is it just because it's unavailable to buy, or what?