Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I will begin by bringing the minister's attention to my little fish, the capelin in the St. Lawrence River. We are not giving up on the fish. We have two capelin fisheries to save, two fisheries that are part of intangible heritage. To ensure their survival, we need the opening date for those fisheries to be set for April 1. So I want the minister and her colleague to know that we will not give up on the capelin. There is a substantial file showing that the St. Lawrence capelin, according to DNA tests, has nothing to do with the Newfoundland and Labrador capelin.
I just wanted to mention all this. I am not asking for an answer right away, but I wanted to tell them that we will remain very active in this file. On April 1, our deadline, I will bring the minister a little fish.
I would like to hear the minister's or her assistant's comments on the way the $5.5 million will be broken down to advance the reconciliation of indigenous rights and issues related to fishing.
I would also like to know what the minister considers subsistence fishing.