Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'd like to thank the witnesses who are here today.
I'm going to go to you, Mr. Bernatchez.
You are concerned, and I understand that. In your testimony, you mentioned that Canada, particularly the Canadian fishing industry, of which Quebec is a large part, is paying the price for a certain lack of power over our neighbours to the south, the United States. You mentioned the right whale and mackerel fisheries and the seal hunt. All of this is worrisome. The fishing industry is destabilized. However, we are seeing foreign companies set up shop here.
How do you think we can assess the risk that fishing expertise will disappear from our regions? Is the risk of it disappearing great enough for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, or DFO, to take drastic measures to reverse what you are talking about?