Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I do feel frustrated by this process because when we were studying the bill we had officials from the department and I asked these same questions of the officials, and there were no answers. This bill is about illegal fishing, unregulated fishing, unreported fishing. So I asked obvious questions about fish in Canadian waters or just outside Canadian waters on the continental shelf.
My concern is, the point I'm getting at, is that when we're in the study process of this bill we never got any answers, and we're still not getting any answers. We're going through this bill with a fine-tooth comb now, and we're presumably going to get through it today. Well, no, I think once these main points are out, I think we'll be done here.
Again, what it comes back to is the fisheries off the east coast, the fisheries that affect my province. They have not healed in 22 years, and it's because of illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, mostly outside the 200-mile limit. This bill has an impact on that. When we ask our officials for answers to obvious questions, there are no answers. I think this is ridiculous.
Thank you, Mr. Chair.