Mr. Minister, I thank you for that, but I also recall, and I bring to your attention, what you said many times, and I agreed with you many times that we should be using the precautionary principle, and I don't think we're doing that in this regard.
I have another question for you. You've talked about the estimates, and the true numbers will be coming out, but you have to help me understand this. I've got your 2006-07 estimates and report on plans and priorities. On page 31 I'm looking at the science estimates for this year of $152.9 million for 2006-07, and in 2008-09 it goes down to $138.3 million. That shows to me a reduction.
Secondly, in terms of full-time equivalents--these are the people who do the science--this year it's estimated at 1,043 full-time equivalents and in 2008-09 it's down to 990. I switch over to page 28, financial resources for fisheries management. This is the estimates now, and this year it's slated at $379.5 million, in 2008-09 $282 million. There are full-time equivalents of 1,502 and, in 2008-09, 1,473.
Help me out, and correct me if I'm wrong, but this shows a reduction in budgets in the next couple of years. Are the estimates that we have for 2006-07 the correct figures or not?