We were very hopeful when owner-operators were introduced into legislation that we were finally going to see some action, but unfortunately, I don't feel we've seen it, especially in Newfoundland and Labrador. We've seen a number of investigations, especially into folks we know are in controlling agreements and into buyers who have folks in controlling agreements, and there just has not been any action.
One example that I'm sure most folks are aware of is of young Jimmy Lee Foss in La Scie. Mr. Foss is the perfect example of how the current regulations have so many loopholes that corporations are able to manipulate. We have a young harvester who is passionate about the industry and was headhunted and manipulated into signing a terrible agreement by a corporation. Now, rather than following his passion for the industry and having his family participate in it, he's facing bankruptcy. His vessel, which was the dream of his family, is rotting on dry dock and will be repossessed in La Scie.
The fact that his case was able to get to the level that it has and where it has, and to see a young harvester, who has a very young son who wants to be a fish harvester, just lose his passion for the industry and see no future in it is, I think, a perfect example that something's just not working. Nobody is being held accountable for what's happened to Mr. Foss.