Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
Minister, it's good to see you. I hope you will appreciate that we in this caucus have 10 minutes to ask you questions. We have many questions we would like to ask, so we're going to try to use our time quite judiciously, and with all respect I'd ask you to do the same, if you wouldn't mind.
I'm going to share my time, Mr. Chairman, with Mr. Cleary.
Minister, as you know there has been some considerable concern over proposed changes to the aquaculture regulations that deal with the release of toxic substances into the aquatic ecosystem. I'd like to ask you what your department has done to respond to these concerns and when can we expect these regulations to come into force.