Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you to the witnesses for coming back today.
Through the course of this study, something has become apparent to me, and I believe all Canadians would agree. It is that the government owes a duty to the public—indigenous and non-indigenous—to explain and be transparent with the steps that have been taken, whether they were successful or not, at accommodating what was set out in the Marshall decisions, Marshall 1 and Marshall 2.
We've heard about the transfer of licences from the buy-up of the existing commercial licences transferring over to indigenous fisheries, and I don't think the public or the indigenous people are very clear on what was actually attempted or attained through that.
Mr. Belliveau, would you be able to comment on that? Also, could you keep it fairly short, as I'd like to hear from Mr. Hutchins as well?