Yes. The committee has decided to continue with this. I put forward a list of potential witnesses that I think would add great value to our committee. We've heard today from the FCC, the Fisheries Council of Canada, and others. I'll cut right to the chase.
I want to recommend Bill Rowat as someone this committee needs to hear from. He's a former Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
George Rose, I understand, was contacted for next Tuesday but wasn't available for that particular day. Dr. Rose is extremely anxious to appear before this committee. He's a former chair of the Fisheries Conservation Group from the Memorial University of Newfoundland.
To get the other side, we've heard from the FCC and others today.
Gus Etchegary, a former president of FPI, is now one of the driving forces behind the Fisheries Community Alliance. It's a very active group in terms of supporting fisheries conservation and has expressed some opinions about this particular NAFO treaty. I think it would be very important for the committee to hear from them and, as well, David Vardy and Les Dean, both of whom are former Deputy Ministers of Fisheries and Aquaculture of the Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador and, I think, former participants in the NAFO process, who may have actually played a very fundamental role in some of the past decisions and format.
Since we have taken the time as a committee to decide some time ago that we needed to address all aspects of this particular issue rather than deal with my motion two weeks ago, and we decided that we need to hear those witnesses, I really think a former Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, two former Deputy Ministers of Fisheries and Aquaculture in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, and Gus Etchegary, who represents fishing industry interests in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, and George Rose, a fisheries scientist and former chair of fisheries conservation, would be great fellows to hear from. So I'd ask the committee to support that.