As far as what we're asking for goes, we think these things can be done through policy development. We looked at the issue in terms of attacking the act, and I guess one of our first drafts was very much in that mode.
We saw two things. One, the federal government's presentation to this committee was generally that “it's a new act, and we're on the road to implementation, so give us time”. We got the sense from their presentation that the government departments were looking for that type of direction.
Then we reflected on the fact that the road to SARA was a long, difficult, bitter one. There was quite a bit of fighting between industry and NGOs and so on. I sat on every task force that was established by the various governments at the time, trying to represent the fishing industry. It was a difficult process.
At the end of the day, we looked at it and said that if it were opened up again--and with the minority government--we would be concerned about what would come forward. We see very disturbing signs that the NGO community is trying to bring forward prescriptive types of timelines and so forth, which we're certainly not in favour of.
Our final decision was to take the path we have. We think our requests are reasonable, based on science, and are something that can be done.