Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to all of the presenters for being here. I'm from the west coast, and on the west coast we're looking at a report from Justice Cohen on the Fraser River salmon. I'm going to read a short excerpt and then I want you to vote—agreement thumbs up, disagreement thumbs down—on what Justice Cohen said.
He said:
As long as DFO has a mandate to promote salmon farming, there is a risk that [DFO] will act in a manner that favours the interests of the salmon-farming industry over the health of wild fish stocks. The only way to address this potential conflict is by removing from DFO’s mandate the promotion of...salmon-farming [as an] industry and farmed salmon [as a] product.
I'd like to take a quick poll. If you agree with his conclusion, it's thumbs up; if you disagree, it's thumbs down.
That's interesting. That's fascinating. Thank you for that.