I call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting number 68 of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans.
This meeting is taking place in a hybrid format, pursuant to the House order of June 23, 2022. We will begin today's meeting in public to hear witness testimony. Afterwards, we will switch to in camera for the last 45 minutes.
I remind everyone to please address your comments through the chair. Screenshots or taking photos of your screen is not permitted. In accordance with the committee's routine motion concerning connection tests for witnesses, I am informing the committee that all witnesses have completed the required connection test in advance of the meeting.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted on January 20, 2022, the committee is resuming its study of foreign ownership and corporate concentration of fishing licences and quota.
I would like to now welcome our panellists for the first hour and a bit.
By video conference, we have Claudio Bernatchez, general manager of the Association des capitaines-propriétaires de la Gaspésie. From Ocean Choice International, we have Carey Bonnell, vice-president of sustainability and engagement. Representing the P.E.I. Fishermen's Association, we have Molly Aylward, executive director, and Ian MacPherson, senior adviser. Representing the Bay of Fundy Inshore Fishermen's Association, we have Colin Sproul, president.
We'll start off with our five-minute statements.
Mr. Bernatchez, you have five minutes or less, please.