Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Laliberté, I heard your opening statement and your talking about the different zones that exist with respect to EI. I had the opportunity to be out in Newfoundland and Labrador in the early fall. While I was there, I had some time to meet with FFAW and its president, Dwan Street. One of the issues that came up with the fishers out there is exactly these zones that exist.
You could have two people working on a fishing boat. One person is only going to require a certain number of hours in order to be eligible for EI, and someone on the same boat who lives in a different part of Newfoundland and Labrador will have a different hourly requirement. For that industry, there's an inherent unfairness in two people working on the same fishing vessel having different requirements for eligibility for EI.
I'm wondering if you understand the rationale for that and if you've questioned the government about the impact this has had on fishers, particularly on the east coast.