Mr. Chair, I've been listening to my colleague Mr. Small for a while now. What disappoints me is that, although there are people from my region here at the committee who have come to talk about a study on mackerel and the possibility, we hope, of reopening the fishery, Mr. Small is moving a motion that has almost nothing to do with what we're currently studying. There are also witnesses from his region, Newfoundland and Labrador, who are here. We want to hear their comments.
For the witnesses who are listening, I would like to point out that Mr. Small just said he has never seen the report. I would remind you that the report in question was published a year ago. I think we can see what is happening here. My colleague Mr. Small is not proposing this motion today to hear what the witnesses have to say at all, but rather to serve political tactics and play political games.
Personally, I find it very disappointing that we can't hear from the witnesses who are here today. I had some very good questions for them. I find it very disappointing that someone would try to thwart the committee's work by proposing a motion like this, which has almost nothing to do with what we're studying today.