To add to that, the courts did not pronounce on collaborative arrangements. They did not pronounce on the issue of somebody wanting to contribute to science work, that they can't do that and the department must pay for the whole thing. What the court said was that the minister shouldn't be allocating fish for that purpose, that it's not his to allocate, it's a public resource and all that kind of stuff.
On May 8th, 2007. See this statement in context.