Paul Connors

Mr. Speaker, first of all, I want to thank my colleague for her commitment and dedication to getting this issue solved. In my riding of Avalon and in many ridings throughout our country, as was just highlighted so many times, cellular connectivity is very poor and in most cases does not exist. There are instances in Avalon when police officers, firefighters and other emergency responders cannot [more]

Mr. Speaker, today I rise to honour the life and legacy of a remarkable community leader, Mr. Thomas Kieley. Tom was a deeply respected member of our community. He dedicated his life to his community. His commitment touched every aspect of our town, from organizing the minor hockey associations to being a member of the Kiwanis Club and of the Knights of Columbus as grand knight, to name a few. [more]

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Morrissey and Mr. Cormier summed up everything I was trying to say. If we have the officials here—and they're already invited—everybody will get an opportunity to be able to ask questions of them. I think that we should hear from the people who are involved in the industry before we talk to DFO.

My only point would be that all of the studies that were just spoken about are all public documents. The public can access those documents whenever they want. If they want to get information, I'm sure they can also reach out and get that information.

Wouldn't that come out in the questioning?

Do you want them to present a written report—an update on it—or a verbal one?

You mentioned the climate change issues and the forest fires. I'll ask a question about the forest fires. If your cattle had been affected by the forest fires last year, that would have wiped your business out.