Fisheries committee  I'm sorry, Dr. Fuller. I do have to cut you off again. I want to take the opportunity right now to thank our guests for appearing today: Mr. Marchi, Mr. Toner, Mr. MacPherson, and Dr. Fuller by phone. We appreciate your testimony. We're going to suspend for a few minutes, and then we'll come back in camera, please.

Fisheries committee  Perfect. Thank you. We also have with us Bridget Doyle, natural resources planner, treaty, lands and resources department. By video conference, we have Ray Orb, president of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities. Can you hear me?

Fisheries committee  Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to meeting number 99 of the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans. Pursuant to the order of reference of Monday, April 16, 2018, we are studying Bill C-68, an act to amend the Fisheries Act and other acts in consequence. We will have to convene this meeting a little earlier than we originally thought.

Fisheries committee  Perfect. Thank you. We also have, from the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, Ron Bonnett, the president, who is here in person. Thank you very much. Mr. Thomas and Ms. Doyle, you have the first 10 minutes. I don't know if you're splitting your time or if one person will be speaking.

Fisheries committee  Okay. Go ahead, please, for your first 10 minutes.

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Mr. Thomas. That was right on time. We are now going to the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities, and Ray Orb, the president, by video conference. You have 10 minutes.

Fisheries committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Orb. Going now to the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, we have Ron Bonnett, who is here at the committee. You have 10 minutes, please.

Fisheries committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Bonnett. Before we go to questions, on behalf of our committee and all of my colleagues here, I would like to publicly extend our condolences to our Conservative colleagues. When something like this happens—the death of a member—we all stand together as parliamentarians, and our hearts and thoughts are with you today as you go through this difficult time.

Fisheries committee  You have five seconds left. You did okay. Now we'll move on to the Conservative side. Mr. Miller, you are going to start and then share your time with Mr. Arnold. Correct?

Fisheries committee  You have two minutes, Mr. Sopuck.

Fisheries committee  You have 25 seconds.

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Mr. Orb. I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to cut you off there. We're going to Mr. Donnelly now for five minutes.

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Mr. Donnelly. I want to thank our witnesses. We are out of time for this round. I'm going to ask that we clear the room as quickly as possible. We have to go in camera for just a very short period of time. Thank you. [Proceedings continue in camera] [Public proceedings resume]

Fisheries committee  Good afternoon. Welcome back to the second part of this meeting. I would like to let you know that because of the situation that has arisen in the House today, we will be finishing this meeting at 1:30 instead of two o'clock. Basically, we have to be back in the House and will only have time for testimony and no questions.

Fisheries committee  Thank you very much. We will now move on to Mr. Lanteigne for his 10 minutes, please.