Thank you.
We've seen the comparative analysis, and I think that DFO clearly needs to get a backbone when it comes to protecting harvesters from foreign ownership. In B.C., we saw that U.S.-based Pacific Seafood Group bought up a bunch of processing and fishing licences, and then they basically shut down the processing and exports— live or fresh or frozen—for processing in the U.S. Now they get half of what U.S. fishermen get for the same product.
Can you talk about how this could happen on the east coast in terms of the purchases that are happening? What does DFO need to do to stop foreign ownership and the impact that's having on independent fish harvesters?
I will leave it with you, Mr. Sullivan and Mr. MacPherson. You can both take a stab at this.