Thank you very much.
First of all, when I asked you to wrap up your presentation, I would like to make it clear that I did not mean to be rude or inconsiderate to you. It was a question of fairness.
When the federal minister appears before us, she sticks to those darned 10 minutes too. Possibly, it is not enough in some circumstances. I also understand that the chair in his wisdom may sometimes allow the rule to be bent.
So it was just in the spirit of fairness that I asked if you could shorten your presentation. I am sure that it is very interesting and I am going to read it with great care.
At hearings, I can tell you that—up to now, anyway—I have only been rude once. And that was on purpose. It was to Rebecca Aldworth. I do not know if you know her. We were discussing seals and she was representing the abolitionists. I called her a liar. I did so more than once, because what she was saying made no sense. I was rude then. Today, I am going to try to be the kind of person I am, very patient.
With that out of the way, I would like to know your opinion about the possible solution to the current problem I heard about this morning. Unfortunately, given your history, and Quebec's, we well know that decisions can be made that hurt us very badly, in the present and in the future.
We heard about the cooperative model. This would possibly allow more fishermen to be hired and would mean that owners—who would be fishermen too—could negotiate things like better prices.
Do you feel that the cooperative model is the model of the future?