Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I echo my colleague's comments. This committee has gotten along pretty well but, after hearing Mr. Morrissey's comment and Mr. Connors' comment earlier, it seems like, “The power is here now. We have the majority. We're going to use our muscle and vote this down and to bury the fact that extensive work has been done around this table, the results of which have been denied”.
That report on Atlantic salmon is from eight years ago. That's eight years of decline. That's eight years of folks out there blaming the demise of wild fish on things like open net-pen salmon farming. The recommendations in that report from eight years ago.... The analysts are here, listening. They give their heart and soul as well, Mr. Chair, in producing great documents and helping us get recommendations out that reflect the will of the people.
Now we're going to a vote that will have the Liberal government vote down our recommendation to have an extra meeting to address the work that has or has not been done, in order to back up recommendations in previous reports. Maybe it'll encourage us to think that we're not wasting our time here.
Thank you, Mr. Chair.