There's a lot of ambiguity right now, but it's that ambiguity and uncertainty that are obviously hurting fishermen and their families quite a bit, so I hope you will try to push the department to provide clarity as quickly as possible.
The other thing I wanted to ask you about is that for some time now your government has claimed, in contradiction to your own science, I might add, that you would terminate the open-net salmon farming in British Columbia with some sort of vague transition. That supposed plan was supposed to arrive months ago, but it never did, and now you have Liberal MPs, including on this committee, contradicting each other in public about whether you intend to follow through on those closures of open-net salmon farming in B.C.
Thousands of British Columbians, as I'm sure you can appreciate, especially in my riding, rely on this industry for work to meet mortgage payments and put food on the table to feed their families. I honestly don't mean to be political; I just want to know what your government is planning to do. Do you have a plan? What do you want me to tell these constituents who are working in this industry right now about what their future holds?