Thank you.
Thank you for appearing here today. It's always good to hear from the officials.
I believe this question would probably go to Mr. Pelletier, or perhaps Mr. Burns.
We constantly hear from harvesters who are unable to fish because of stock assessments not being done due to vessel maintenance problems, vessel breakdowns or shortage of staff. This has a huge economic impact. It's a huge impact on the fishermen and processors who are losing their jobs. These breakdowns and staff shortages surely can't be because of the billions of dollars that have been poured into the Department of Fisheries and Oceans over the last eight years.
Why does DFO continually fail to provide stock assessments that would allow fishermen to harvest their catch?