Thank you, Mr. Chair. This is also under the line of commercial fisheries. I believe that's the industry support programs. The issue was brought to me by the fishermen, and I brought this up with the department at business planning. The issue is that this money is there to support the fishermen so we can get this industry going. Eventually, that money will be gone, I assume once the industry is profitable and that this sort of subsidiary isn’t needed. In the meantime though, it is needed.

The problem with it is that, after we approve this, it's going to take possibly months for this to go out. It's an ongoing issue when it comes to non-profits or these groups where we approve money and then it takes a long time for it to get where it's going. I know that we're not going to miss a paycheque. I know that the money's coming to us after April 1st. It doesn't take six weeks to get us paid.

Can we do something so that the fishermen can get this money that is coming to them April 1st, April 2nd, sometime sooner than May or June, when they've been getting it traditionally, because they use this money to gear up for the next season? They're already weeks behind by the time they get these payments because they're not using the money to gear up for the season. They're using what they have for rent and truck payments and that kind of stuff. Can we get the fishermen paid promptly this year? Thank you, Mr. Chair.