My priority would be fleet separation. If this committee would recommend to the government and to the minister to implement a fleet separation and owner-operator provision in British Columbia, I think this would be a very important step toward stemming the tide of the disappearance of harvesters and the loss of money in our coastal communities.
To me, it's such a simple example on the east coast, in the inshore fleet. I know you will hear testimony next week from Richard Williams, who will provide a very compelling comparative analysis between the financial benefits on the east coast versus the west coast.
I simply don't understand why we would not be protecting harvesters in British Columbia in the same way that we protect them on the east coast. I think this is very important. There are lots of other things that we can and must address, but I think we must start here if we're going to have anything left of the small-scale fleet in B.C.