I'd just like to let the committee know that the main reason why I've come here is to set the record straight, because people have been saying some pretty bad things about me. I have five kids and a wife. My wife had a heart attack concerning probably most of this. And if it wasn't for me going out fishing for these associations and catching the crab for them in November and December, those people wouldn't have the quota they have today. They couldn't get any of them to go fish. It was me. I was the guy who went and caught the quota for them that helped them. And here they set up this independent panel, which was in Antigonish, that was appointed by Mr. Regan.
They were told.... I got a call—listen to this—in Fort McMurray, stating that “My conscience bothered me”. This was a panel member, who said, “Tim, we were told not to be fair to you”. Not to be fair to me, and after me going out topping up the quota for all the adjacent groups and non-adjacent groups, because it was a D zone, and I was offshore. I was 143 miles from shore, and they couldn't get anyone to go get the crab. If it wasn't for me—I'm bragging, but I never said anything for eight years—they wouldn't have the quota they have today.