Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Ms. Gibbons, I am going to come back to the comments my colleague Mr. Cormier made about the difficulty there sometimes is in reconciling various opinions, whether they come from your employees or from fishers who have direct knowledge, in real time, of what is happening on the ground. It is often difficult to understand why the recommendations that make it to your offices in Ottawa are not given the weight they deserve.
There was a study about foreign investment not very long ago. Some witnesses told us that fishing know-how was in danger because there were foreign investments that were impoverishing the fisheries sector and there was no new generation to take over.
How do you plan to ensure that there is a next generation and preserve fishing know-how, that is, transmission of skills from generation to generation and preservation of economic interests in this economic sector? No one wants to pay to work. Everyone wants to earn a living.
We have also heard about community licences, which are obviously intended more for indigenous people. Some people would like non-indigenous people to also be able to obtain more community licences, which would preserve those interests and maintain economic equilibrium in the local communities.
I would like to hear your comments on this subject.