Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses for being here; we appreciate it.
I have many questions for the three officials joining us today.
The Committee heard from people who wanted to testify without revealing their identity. That’s quite worrying, since we’re talking about food sovereignty, the socio-economic protection of villages and societies that live and depend on fishing, as well as the protection of resources. It all goes together.
Aren’t you afraid that time is against us in the process at our disposal? I believe the last study took place four years ago. Don’t you feel that we should be sounding the alarm more insistently, to alert the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to the danger of losing our food sovereignty, altering our resources and having less control over our fisheries? Is time working against us?