Thank you, our new chair.
I think I'm going to direct my first question to you, Mr. DeMarco.
I found myself reflecting on something when I was reading this report. As many people around this table know, I'm originally from Newfoundland. My family were not fishers; however, we were deeply impacted by the cod collapse, so much so that my family, because of the shift in the economy, packed everything up in our car and drove from one coast to the other to start new lives because of the direct impacts of the cod collapse, even though we weren't fishers. I bring that with me in my work in this role, and it's one of the many reasons that I so appreciate the opportunity to sit around this table.
I noticed that you used that in your report as one of the rationales as to why it's particularly important that we're paying attention.
I'm wondering if you can bring it back for us and highlight those reflections. Tell us why it is essential that we collect data and have appropriate leadership and actions that follow, based on the data that's collected.