Thank you.
I would like to return to the process through which various groups have been involved in many consultations. I do not necessarily mean consultations about marine protected areas. I am thinking in particular about a project in our region, the Collaboration for Atlantic Salmon Tomorrow, or the CAST coalition.
We heard that indigenous persons had been consulted, but in many cases they were not at the meeting. In my opinion, that is not a consultation. We should never simply say that people were consulted if they were just called and were not physically present. We have to find a way of making sure real consultation takes place. Whether the groups are off fishing or elsewhere—I am not referring only to indigenous persons, but to all the groups involved—, if they are not physically present to take part in the process, it should never be called a consultation.
I would like to hear your thoughts on that.