Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Stoffer, within our organization at least, and I'm pretty sure this pertains to our regional colleagues as well, there is a willingness and a want to work with DFO. Unfortunately, one of the problems we have is capacity. At ITK, within our environment department, there are basically three of us who deal with wildlife issues in all Canadian regions. That includes species at risk—polar bears are all over the news these days—and it includes marine species, and that includes sealing. If I told you our budget for working on wildlife issues, you would probably laugh at me.
As I said, there is a willingness, but we do not have the capacity to engage DFO in the way we would like to.
Everyone here understands, and we understand, that sealing is an important issue for Canada. We do our best with what we have. There is a willingness there, and I'm sure in the regions, as Gabriel said, there's a willingness as well. It's hard to match what DFO is doing with our own resources.