Yes, you're doing very well, I should say. Then I'll have a question for the deputy and/or Mr. Beaupré.
In your work, Ambassador Sullivan--and we appreciate the detail you've provided for us on all the meetings you've had, and especially as it led up to the final vote--did you notice any impact or effect that a Canadian parliamentarian who was working against the rest of us on this issue and was active on it publicly here in Canada, but we understand was also contacting European parliamentarians...? In fact, he put it in the form of wanting the European Parliament to do the work the Canadian Parliament should have done in terms of banning the seal hunt.
I hope he had no effect, but did you notice anything in the meetings you had and the people you talked to?