Thank you, Mr. Chair, and welcome, Monsieur Beaupré, and your team.
I have a few questions to do with cuts and with sea lice. I wanted to start off with this. According to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, you sent a detailed reply to a question that I put forward on the order paper that cuts will affect the department's scientific capacity, and that includes the sustainable aquaculture program.
I understand there will be at least three scientists from the department that will be let go. The document also mentioned that there are 73 scientists in the program, along with 16 contract scientists. I'm wondering if any of the contract scientists will be let go, or if they're all being kept. Then also, how did DFO determine which scientists would be let go?