Thank you, Mr. Chair. I think I can be quite brief here.
We had previously requested that Global Affairs Canada appear at the committee to answer questions during today's meeting. The clerk circulated the response from Global Affairs to the second request. In that response, Global Affairs did not agree to accept the committee's invitation to appear. I believe the committee needs to hear from Global Affairs Canada and have a chance to question them to inform our work on this report.
As such, I have a motion. I move:
That the committee issue a third request for Global Affairs Canada officials to appear for the committee's study of foreign ownership and corporate concentration of fishing licences and quota to provide testimony and answer questions regarding Canada's commitments related to foreign investment under the auspices of Canada's international trade and foreign investment protection agreements.