Thank you, Minister, for being here. You were able to make this meeting on fairly short notice.
I'm disappointed that you've taken the time today not to discuss the issue that was the sole item on the agenda, which is the matter of clauses 553 to 570 of Bill C-15, and instead have taken a partisan, attack approach here today. Typically, this committee, for the 10 years that I've been on it, has worked toward the betterment of fisheries and fishers. I'm disappointed that you've used this time for a partisan attack. Not one word in your opening remarks refers to the question at hand today, which is clauses 553 to 570.
Minister, have you been briefed on the Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation, or FFMC?