What I see is that we need that panel or a mechanism.
We need to put the Clearwater sale on hold.
Personally, I would like to have the opportunity to talk about that offshore decision in the Hague. It was established by witnesses and testimony from Southwest Nova. There was a mechanism in place to get their testimony, and that decision was won by our historical attachment to the offshore. Two hundred miles was established as a limit.
Now the Mi'kmaq have an opportunity to have that. I'm not denying them that, but I really believe we should have an opportunity to be in partnership on that particular deal. We're dealing with this, sir, under a pandemic across our nation. With all that in consideration, we should surely have a recommendation from the fisheries standing committee just to put the brakes on this and address the word “adjacency” and establish a mechanism. I think you would give every commercial fisherman and the Mi'kmaq an early Christmas present.
Thank you.