Thank you, Mr. Chair.
We're going to have to scoot through a couple of questions here.
Going back to 2012 and the Cohen report, recommendation 2 says, “In relation to wild fisheries, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans should act in accordance with its paramount regulatory objective to conserve wild fish.” Following on that, of course, we have recommendation 3, which says, “The Government of Canada should remove from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans’ mandate the promotion of salmon farming as an industry and farmed salmon as a product.”
First of all, do you agree with that second recommendation, that DFO should get out of the business of being mandated to look after your industry?