Thank you.
I understand, in some respects, the symbolism behind Ms. Barron's motion, but I think it's misaimed, for two reasons.
First, particularly for anybody tuning in from Atlantic Canada, the motion to dispense with open-net aquaculture operations is only in British Columbia. It is not in Atlantic Canada. This is not a nationwide initiative, but it has basically been proven that because of the damage done by open-net aquaculture in B.C., something has to be done to clean up that situation.
However, I would also reflect that the salmon served in the parliamentary dining room or in restaurants all over Ontario and Quebec most likely comes from Atlantic Canada, not from B.C. To assume that we're bringing in farmed fish from B.C. is probably misaimed, given that there is a very active salmon aquaculture industry in Atlantic Canada, which, again, to go back to my first comment, is not subject to the open-net fish farm ban that's coming in in British Columbia.
To use an old prairie expression, I think Ms. Barron's barking up the wrong tree on this one.