Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I have just one question. Then, with your permission, I'll turn it over to my colleague Mr. Leef, who will have some additional questions.
Thank you, Minister, for being here. It's always good to hear about where you think things are headed for Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
My question is about the ISA virus. Over the last several months we've heard about it a number of times. It gets raised in this committee from time to time as well, with regard to both the west coast and, more recently, the east coast.
I'm from B.C., so I wanted to ask you what is happening with regard to this virus in B.C. The most recent report I've seen is actually from yesterday. One of the anti-aquaculture activists indicated in her blog that she had identified another five fish with the ISA virus. She did point out that she bought most of them in an Asian supermarket, so I'm not sure what we think of the chain of evidence there and so on.
Can you or your officials tell us just generally what we should be thinking and what comfort we can take in terms of the presence or not of the ISA virus in British Columbia?