I think that the silo issue is ours as well. Everyone has worked, but have we worked together? We thought about working more as a team last year probably. We created a task force bringing together three or four departments, that is to say the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade as well as two or three others. We held meetings with representatives from the province of Quebec, from Newfoundland and from Nunavut last fall. There were also meetings with sealers and with the Inuit on this issue. We asked what we should do about what is going on in Europe and in the United States. There was a meeting with this delegation two months ago—I think it was in March—and it was probably the first time that everyone was there. The embassy organized it all, and there were representatives from the provinces, from Nunavut, the hunters and the Inuit. Everyone worked together, and our friends at Foreign Affairs did foot the bill for it all. It was good news for us. Everyone participated.
On May 17th, 2007. See this statement in context.