Thank you very much, Chair.
Dr. Christensen, your briefing notes say, “The move from owner-operator to corporate dominance has been devastating for rural fishing communities.... Communities matter. Rural coastal communities are dying throughout BC, and that notably includes First Nation communities losing livelihood and their traditional knowledge about fishing.”
My riding of Cowichan—Malahat—Langford has both the southwest coast and the east coast of Vancouver Island. That kind of statement resonates with me, because I know exactly the types of small communities you're talking about.
You yourself grew up in a fishing community. In the final minute and a half that I have, can you talk a bit about what it's like when the local community itself is employed in the fishery and it receives the profit? How are the livelihoods of the community supported?