Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Minister, the biggest concern on the east coast of Canada, and off Newfoundland and Labrador specifically right now, is the idea that the Conservative government would remove the fleet separation or owner-operator policy. I understand from your answer to Mr. Donnelly that it is hypothetical and a final decision hasn't been made. But it's still a major concern. It's out there.
The big concern that's been expressed is that if you remove those policies and we move towards an individual, transferrable quota system, as has been in place in British Columbia now for years, the small-boat fishermen are pushed out of the industry. The individual transferrable quotas are accumulated by fishermen and processors, and the small-boat fisherman, as I say, is pushed out.
Let me ask you the question Mr. Donnelly asked another way. Do you have any problem with the ITQ system that currently exists in British Columbia?