Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I hear the comments about the work plan, and I believe we're going to talk about that after this amendment and then the amended motion.
In terms of just a quick review, I think it's relevant because in terms of this amendment it's going to affect our work plan, or it potentially could.
We have consulted with the minister. We have had DFO, the head of the management or the department of aquaculture in. We've talked to legal counsel on the inquiry and I think I would also like to go further on west coast aquaculture, because we've heard some different perspectives and I'd certainly like to get to the bottom of that.
I've had a number of calls on the east coast on the snow crab in particular, and I realize this is an emerging issue on the east coast as a result of a recent announcement. So certainly with the amendment, if we were able to limit the number of committee meetings we were to look at this for this year, I could see our looking at this as a work plan item.
But again, I would like to keep the focus on the aquaculture on the west coast and have a look at this serious and emerging issue. So I certainly could support the amended motion.