Mr. Chair, it's very common that, at the start of a new Parliament, the very first witnesses are department officials to talk about the broad range of issues the department is facing and to give the committee instructions on some of the things that we could look at. There's no reason at all to think that the department officials shouldn't be prepared to come here and speak on a broad plethora of issues that are currently facing Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
I would like to, for the record, state my complete confidence in our analysts being able to decipher where testimony from our department officials ought to go.