To Mel's point, I think the certainty that the fishermen needed was given by the minister addressing this year's concern. I realize that there's a longer concern that we need to address. As a Mi'kmaq person, I might not always agree with what DFO states, but I always want to hear the rationale as to why they made that decision, if for no other reason than to make sure that we don't make the same mistake again and have to do this again through committee.
I'm really curious to hear the officials speak, but I'm in agreement. It doesn't seem as though it makes a lot of sense, but I want to give them their opportunity to hear that. I think the urgency has been dealt with, but I also feel we need to ensure that when we're looking at how DFO is making decisions, we as a committee understand the rationale and how this came to be.
Right now, no one understands what that rationale was and I'm really curious to understand what that is. I would say that the urgency has been met with the minister's points. I believe there's one more committee meeting that Gord proposed for this issue, and then we're going to make our recommendations. I think we're all on the same page as of right now as to what those recommendations are, but we should really listen to hear our officials out, if for no other reason than to make sure that we don't make the same mistakes again.