It's rather difficult. I don't know if I can pin it down to just one thing: what will we do to help the industry?
I guess I keep coming back to seal oil. Right now what's needed is for the Canadian government to sponsor the proper clinical studies that will allow doctors to be able to say to their patients, “This is of benefit to you.”
I was at a conference in Ottawa two years ago on seal oil. It was attended by scientists from throughout the world who have been doing a fair amount of work on seal oil. One of the presenters was a Dr. Bruce Holub, from the University of Guelph. Dr. Holub suggested that the Canadian government would save $28 billion per year in health care costs if seal oil all of a sudden became used as a fighter against cholesterol. Most cholesterol-fighting drugs come in from the United States, such as Lipitor, Zocor, Crestor, and things like that. The Canadian government would save huge dollars in health care costs if Canadians were using seal oil as a cardiovascular medicine, I suppose.
So that's one thing that the Canadian government could do, sponsor these necessary clinical studies. The cost certainly would be, I guess, a few million dollars, but then the benefits would be far-reaching and would also certainly help the seal industry. As I say, it's a good-news story for the seal industry.