Thanks, Mr. Chair.
I, too, want to send my condolences to the family and to everyone associated with the tragedy on the east coast with the two fishermen losing their lives. Obviously, I'll give a shout-out to Serge Cormier and his constituents as well in respect of that tragedy.
For those watching at home, I think one thing we need to clearly articulate and identify is that there are two distinct fisheries, one on the east coast and one on the west coast, and I'm just going to focus on the east coast for a second.
I'll start with Mr. Waddell and work my way around this room and then perhaps online.
The principle of the owner-operator was enshrined into law. It is absolutely essential on the east coast in terms of ensuring that local people operate this industry and that the wealth stays in the community. For obvious reasons, the spinoffs that emerge from that are really important.
There are a couple of questions. One is what we have learned about owner-operators on the east coast in terms of what is working, what needs to be strengthened on the east coast and what we can learn in terms of that application on the west coast, knowing that there are nuances to that fishery.
I understand that there are surveys and stakeholder engagement, but I'm interested from a departmental level. What have we learned from the east coast? What can be strengthened there? How could that be applied from a departmental perspective? Not to bias any discussions or survey results, what can we learn from both the east and west coasts? How can they be strengthened on the east coast, and how do they need to be employed on the west coast?