—in a bunch of wording here on the thing.
I think a lot of us share the concerns about the trade, maybe different views of the same issue. I'm not the one who can speak about whether we should be taking on the ban or whether we should be over in Europe.
I do know, again, from the industry—and you know that most of the representatives were from Newfoundland—that they think any focus that's put on the seal hunt is a positive move. That's why we asked them. I said this is a very modest step. It's a very positive move. Would they like to see more things done? Of course.
The one thing I probably would have to disagree with is I didn't run into a lot of comment about it not being in force now. I didn't hear a criticism of Fisheries officials or coast guard officials, or the military who do the flyovers. Would they like to see more patrol? I think so.
But part of that—and you probably know better than I—is that in some cases they would rather there be no observers out there. They don't even like the legal ones being out there as well. So I'm not sure which one they were focused on.
Should we collectively as parliamentarians be concerned about the EU issues? Absolutely, but that's way beyond the scope of a private member's bill to look at safety issues. I think that may be directed more to some other officials.