Thank you, Mr. Chair.
You commented earlier about SLICE and you said it was a temporary solution. I'm wondering what in your mind is a permanent solution.
In working with the fish farm companies or the aquaculture companies, I'm wondering how available they're making critical information to you and to the public that you feel is important for the public to know.
The committee is considering initiating both the study on aquaculture across Canada and a study on the Pacific salmon in B.C. I'm wondering what advice you would give the committee before it proceeds with these studies.
Finally, in terms of turning to the inquiry, over a 12-year period, from 1992 to 2004, four post-sockeye fishery season inquiries were called. A total of 96 recommendations were generated. The Williams inquiry acknowledged that DFO had largely responded to the recommendations of earlier reviews. I'm wondering if you could comment on that and what your evaluation or assessment of the federal government's response to these recommendations in past inquiries has been.