Based on the information we have collected from you here today, as well as information from evidence in our hearings, I have submitted to the clerk of this House the following notice of motion, which will be subject to review by the committee at a later date:
That the following be reported to the House at the earliest opportunity:
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans recommends that the Government restore full funding to the Canadian Centre for Fisheries Innovation to enable this organization and its partners to pursue its mission to make available to the fishing industry the largest and best-equipped body of experts in fisheries-related science and technology in the country for the benefit of the industry's long-term competitiveness and sustainability.
Mr. Bonnell, I hope all members of this committee unanimously endorse that motion when it becomes available to us for a vote in the coming days.
You've done great work. The lobster industry certainly appreciates the fact that they now have an organization that can establish a network for them to get them together; they did not have that before. Not only have you established that network, but you have also actually started to produce results within the network itself. So I certainly hope you get unanimous support.
Finally, on one last point, have provincial governments from outside of Newfoundland and Labrador actually come to the table with financial contributions to the CCFI?