Sir, when the previous Pacific Salmon Treaty was done—I believe it was in early 1999, when David Anderson was the minister—those discussions were basically done without the input of fishermen.
I remember arriving at an airport, and on the newscast there was an announcement on the Pacific Salmon Treaty in downtown Vancouver. Fishermen weren't allowed in there. In fact, there was the Governor of Alaska, the Governor of Washington, and some aboriginal groups from the United States. One of the things that concerned a lot of fishermen was that they signed a treaty without fishermen from British Columbia having any input.
When the new Pacific Salmon Treaty is being discussed, which I assume is either happening now or is coming up very soon, will you be advocating, as ambassador, that fishermen and their communities have an input to this treaty and that it be an open and transparent process, as compared to the previous one, which was closed? Or would you have any say in that matter at all?