I appreciate those remarks, but perhaps there's something there we have to get around in order to find creative ways to help the economy and the recovery of the species.
We saw some great examples of habitat enhancement yesterday at Micou's Island. There is the Sackville Rivers Association, where great enhancement work is done. On the west coast we have the Pacific Salmon Foundation. They do a lot of great work. Our committee was out there a few weeks ago looking at salmon enhancement and habitat improvements on the east coast of Vancouver Island in particular, and some on the west coast of the island.
So what can we do? In the 2007 budget we had $225 million to partner with organizations to protect sensitive lands. This leveraged an equivalent amount of money for the Nature Conservancy and Nature Trust and many other good organizations. They were able to partner with groups like Ducks Unlimited and others to save sensitive lands.
Does this group have suggestions on how we can help to meet those objectives by partnering to save and enhance more sensitive areas?