Thank you, Chair. Thank you to the witnesses for being here today.
My first question is for Mr. Penney.
Mr. Penney, thank you for sharing the information you did and for the clear recommendations. They were very helpful and informative for me. We are seeing some themes among the things people are saying, and I want to see if you could expand a little bit.
You spoke about the lack of access to customers and the importance of economic reconciliation, which I think is a really important point for us to consider as we go through this study. I wonder if you can share a little bit more around what you, as a representative of Mi'kmaq Commercial Fisheries, are hearing around the importance of not only the science but also the socio-economic impacts of the current state of sustainable seal harvesting on Canadians and indigenous people.