Thank you, Chair.

I'm very grateful for the witnesses who are here today.

Mr. Chair, I'm just going to take the first 20 seconds of my time to orally table a motion for discussion at a future meeting. The clerk is going to circulate it now.

The motion reads:

That, given that the House of Commons Administration serves only farmed salmon in its food and catering services, and that open net pen fish farms pollute our waters and spread diseases in the surrounding marine ecosystem, and that the government has committed to a transition away from open net pen salmon farms, the committee write a letter to the Speaker of the House of Commons calling for the House of Commons Administration to end the practice of purchasing farmed salmon from open net pen salmon farms.

With that, I'll move on.

Again, thank you so much to the witnesses. It is so nice to see you here. Your testimony that you've provided has been very important.

The first question that I have is for you, Mr. White.

I was so honoured to be able to go out on a boat with the Snuneymuxw marine division and take a look first-hand at the boats that are left to sink along the waters along the coast of the Snuneymuxw First Nation.

You spoke about the number of vessels that are being abandoned along the coast of British Columbia, but I'm wondering if you can give us an image of what we see when we go out on the water along the coast of the Snuneymuxw First Nation. How many vessels are there? How many are being left to sink? Give us some images to hold on to.

Lisa Marie Barron

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