Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to my colleague Ms. Barron for the introduction and for sharing her committee with me.
Obviously this is an issue that affects in a big way folks in the region that I represent. Skeena—Bulkley Valley comprises about 300,000 kilometres of northwest B.C. and includes all of the rivers that have been mentioned so far and many of the fish stocks that are impacted by the Alaskan interception issue.
I want to thank our witnesses for joining us today and sharing this important perspective.
I did bring this up about two years ago in Parliament with the former fisheries minister. At the time, the minister essentially said that because it was a transboundary issue and involved the United States, the government was passing it off to Global Affairs Canada to deal with on a diplomatic basis.
For all three of our witnesses, I'm wondering, have you ever seen hide or hair of Global Affairs Canada on this issue? Is leadership being shown by Canada's diplomats in trying to resolve this important issue?