Good morning, everyone.
What a terrible way to start as chair. I want to apologize profusely to all of you for being late. My cab was supposed to arrive; it didn't arrive. We called and called and had to get another one. Here I am, but I really do apologize for this. Thank you very much.
Thank you for electing me. I hope I will be worthy of filling Mr. Weiler's shoes. I have known him for such a long time. He's an excellent MP, and I know he was an excellent chair because I sat in the last meeting and watched how he chaired.
I want to congratulate this committee on being a committee that is respectful and collegial and that wants to get the things done that it wants to get done, which are to make sure that fisheries on both coasts work well and that your reports mean something.
Thank you again. I hope I can do justice to this committee.
Mr. Arnold.