Minister, you reminded us that it was the Prime Minister and the former federal fisheries minister, the Honourable Loyola Hearn, who, prior to becoming Prime Minister and fisheries minister respectively, while in opposition, promised and committed custodial management of the nose and tail of the Grand Banks as well as the Flemish Cap.
Were you surprised, Mr. Minister, to learn, subsequent to those two honourable individuals becoming Prime Minister and Minister of Fisheries and Oceans respectively, that we actually already had custodial management? Apparently there was a declaration made in 2007 or 2008 that Canada had achieved custodial management. Were you surprised with that statement, with that policy position?