Thank you, Mr. Chair.
It's not very often that this committee deals with an international issue. It's concerning to me that Canada is being viewed, on the international stage, as not upholding our end of the deal.
As members of this committee and successive fisheries ministers in Canada know, I've been a strong advocate for the federal government taking serious action on aquatic invasive species. It's also important to note that invasive species have an impact on every system in the Great Lakes and cost more than $200 million annually in lost revenue and prevention strategies.
Mr. Baker, if our American partners are managing invasive carp and we are not, what impacts does Canada's non-management of invasive carp render on the Great Lakes fisheries?