Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'd like to say that I'm very happy to be here in Cape Breton, and that I'm from the west coast. I'm the MP from New Westminster—Coquitlam, just outside Vancouver. When I heard there was a motion to look at the snow crab issue on the east coast, I thought this was an important issue that this committee should be looking at. I thought it was really important that this committee come to the Atlantic provinces and hear first-hand from you.
I do appreciate your taking the time out of your busy schedules to come to talk to us and tell us what you feel are the issues. I appreciate the background information, the clarifying information. I do get a sense of the frustration of the last number of years, where you felt agreements were in place and contracts had been broken. Agreements have been broken and aren't being implemented as all that work that was put into those arrangements should be implemented.
Could you mention in a minute what your recommendations would be, and if you could, try to be specific? I know there are the history and the issues, but I've already picked up a number of things from Bernie, for instance, a comment about not paying for science until there's equal sharing. That's the kind of thing I would like to hear. If there are some specific things that either you foresee or that you want to see happen, if you could each mention those things, maybe starting with....