I call the meeting to order.
Hello, everyone. Welcome to meeting number 17. We are embarking upon a new study over a two-meeting period, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), on the relevance of the principle of adjacency and the owner-operator and fleet separation policies in the Pacific region.
We have four guests with us here today. Joining us in person is Joy Thorkelson. Ms. Thorkelson, it's nice to see you here. She's a northern representative of United Fishermen and Allied Workers' Union-Unifor.
Also, we have Arnold Nagy, president of Local 31, joining us by teleconference, who is also from UFAWU-Unifor, and Conrad Lewis, also joining us by video conference from Local 31, UFAWU-Unifor.
Finally, we have Mr. David Boyes, director of the Pacific Halibut Management Association of British Columbia.
In no particular order, we're going to start now. We are going to have up to 10 minutes.
First of all, we apologize for starting late. We had more votes than anticipated, and therefore we're running a little late.
I'd like to remind the witnesses that after this, we'll have questioning in two rounds.
Let's start with Conrad Lewis. We're going to start with you, sir, from Local 31. You have up to 10 minutes.
I apologize, Ms. Thorkelson. What was that?