Thank you, Mr. Chair.
My colleagues and I want to thank you for being here with us today.
As a first-term MP, I come here with the usual misgivings about what can really happen, especially in a very difficult area with a constellation of factors over which we have sometimes no control.
It's been a year in which there's been real responsiveness from your ministry. Around the country we've seen habitat matters looked at and tended to. It was just mentioned that the hovercraft has finally been funded and it's something that's been worked on by your department. This Cohen inquiry is something that many voices called for. I did, on behalf of people in our constituency. People around this table I'm sure wanted that as well. Aquaculture is very controversial and something that everybody wants some resolution for on the west coast, for sure. On small craft harbours, you've been very busy on expanding and enhancing small craft harbours. We've seen visits by you and your minister all over the country. I just want to say a thank you on behalf of Canadians, because it's clear that you're working very hard in a difficult environment.
Since you're at the table, is it Dr. Sprout?