Biorex is charging crabbers about $3,300 to put observers on their boats. In the past, the federal government paid a certain percentage of the fees. The Paul Martin government eliminated that funding. Crabbers now pay all of the fees. The current conservative government has changed the legislation, but the wording is unclear. In French, it says that the government will pick up all of the costs, but apparently, it is simply re-establishing the 33% that the previous government had eliminated.
On May 15th, 2007. See this statement in context.