Fisheries committee  We have worked with Oceans North, which is an organization partly funded by the Pew foundation and the federal government. We also share with the Vancouver Aquarium. They have an acoustics specialist.

Fisheries committee  No, and subsequent to that, I attempted to contact that person, and there has been no effort to contact me with regard to that.

Fisheries committee  Much of the response that I received actually was through the media, one from Adam Burns, who said that they would be enforcing the regulations, and there were other responses, namely one from one of our senators in Manitoba, who said, “Why don't you just tell the enforcement off

Fisheries committee  Again, subsequent to the media finding that I had, I did contact Mr. Adam Burns. He said to let the courts settle it out.

Fisheries committee  No, the population is stable over the long term, yes, sir.

Fisheries committee  I would go further to say that during operations, dredging operations and shipping seasons that were very busy, there was no noticeable change in beluga whale patterns.

Fisheries committee  As I mentioned in my initial statement, we employ approximately 200 people. We are the biggest employer in Churchill. My company is the biggest employer in Churchill, but the industry itself is floating the town right now. We are—

Fisheries committee  It would, over a period of a few years, kill the industry.

Fisheries committee  That's correct.

Fisheries committee  In the last page of my submission, I mentioned we've written about seven or eight letters, starting initially with Mr. LeBlanc, the first minister, and then later on with the parliamentary secretary, as well as now the new minister for DFO. From the first minister, we had no re

Fisheries committee  Thank you.

Fisheries committee  I'll just take a moment to say thank you to the committee members for having me here. I appreciate it. As you can imagine, it's a long drive from northern Canada. I'm the owner and founder of Lazy Bear Lodge Limited. Lazy Bear is based in Churchill, Manitoba, and has been in ope

Fisheries committee  I have it on a stick, if you have a computer.