Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'd just like to make a brief comment. I heard earlier that the department was working with fishers on traceability. However, the people I know in the industry tell me that fishers were never consulted on this. Only members of the Regroupement des pêcheurs professionnels de homard du sud de la Gaspésie keep an electronic logbook and place a medallion of origin on lobster. So I'm a little confused.
Let me tell you a quick story. My father is a restaurant owner. We are in L'Isle‑aux‑Coudres, and we make it a point to serve fish from our region, ideally from Quebec, if not the Maritimes. One day, we bought some frozen cod, which was presented to us as a product of Quebec. My father opens one of the boxes and finds a little paper inside saying “Russian cod”. My father has no hair, but if he did, it would have made his hair stand on end. He took the boxes of cod, worth $560, and threw them in the garbage. Indeed, it is inconceivable for us to serve cod from elsewhere.
How can you explain that, today, in 2022, we aren't able to have priority access to products from Quebec and Canada, before finding ourselves having to buy products from elsewhere?