The announcement yesterday confirms that this government supports the implementation of a $30 million Atlantic salmon endowment fund. In fact, this committee has been fairly active on this file, as you know, for a number of years. I'm not sure whether the previous government announced it, Mr. Chair, and I don't know whether we can confirm that.
The announcement on Tuesday was effectively in the context of expenditure reviews and all of that. Everything has been reviewed. Following that review, it was determined that the Atlantic salmon endowment fund will go forward.That was confirmed by Minister Hearn in Fredericton.
There has been a fair amount of work going on behind the scenes, in the sense that whilst activity was under way with reviewing expenditures and all of that, the effort carried on. In any case, we still needed a recipient group, because this is a trust fund that is arm's length from government. I don't think a bunch of time was wasted, but I take from your question that you have a kind of an impatience to get on with it.