Thank you very much to the presenters this evening. This has been great. I'm from the Prairies, from Manitoba. Talk about a fish out of water.... It has been quite the experience to be learning about all of this.
I've been watching in horror what's unfortunately happening to your province and your communities. Colin, I can see the pain and frustration in your community and what you and your community are going through. It's terrible to see that. For a person who works the land myself, I totally understand where you're coming from in trying to protect your resources and make sure that everything is sustainable. Thank you for that.
My question is for you. Why do you think this government is ignoring the situation? What has to be done? What happened, how many years ago.... We've talked about 21 years, but this certainly has escalated in probably the last six months or even in the last one or two months, in going after the lobsters that are going to be the next season, in going after the golden goose, basically.
Why do you think the government is ignoring that? Why do you think the minister is not acting? What do you think is going on there?