Thank you, Chair.
I'm happy to be here today. Thank you for the warm welcome, and I'm sending regrets from MP Masse, who's not able to be here today.
I'm sitting here thinking about how fortunate I am to be here on the same day as the ambassador and to hear the updates on all that's happening and getting caught up on this information, of course.
Ambassador, you gave updates around the fisheries subsidies. I appreciate you speaking about the narrative that occurred on this being a global problem that requires global solutions and about the subsidies that are prohibited, specifically with regard to the IUU, the illegal, unreported and unregulated fisheries. My critic role, just for context, is in the fisheries committee, so I'm particularly interested in hearing from you a little bit more.
You also talked about the importance of helping small businesses as another topic. How does that link together? How do members speak about the importance of having sustainability in an environment, while also ensuring that small businesses and fishers are part of the equation in decisions moving forward?