Thank you, Mr. Chair.
With all due respect for the issue we're studying today, I have to use my speaking time to discuss my motion. It's an urgent matter, so I have to spend my six minutes on it.
I also have an announcement. Today, the National Assembly of Quebec unanimously adopted a motion to inform the federal government that it is concerned about quota allocations being too low, about the possible disappearance of the shrimp fishery, and about the dangers to which shrimp fishers in our part of Quebec are exposed.
As I said, this motion was passed unanimously just a few hours ago. I would like us to discuss the importance of undertaking two studies on how DFO approaches this and the criteria it uses to make decisions about the lives and livelihoods of shrimp fishers in Quebec, decisions that affect every one of their communities.