Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thanks to all the witnesses for being here today.
Look, as I've said many times, my father was a fisherman all his life. I truly know how important fishing communities are for some of those people. It's not because we're sitting on the government side that we agree sometimes on what we're trying to achieve. This is why we have you here. We want to know what's wrong with these MPAs that are being developed.
Mr. Barron, you were saying that you feel this thing has already been decided. Did you attend some of those meetings with DFO officials about those MPAs? Did you see some maps? Did they tell you that you wouldn't be able to fish in those areas? What was the sense at these meetings? What was the vibe?