Let me first say that in relation to statements on custodial management of foreign overfishing, yes, I was certainly involved. In fact, when I came to Ottawa in 1980 and was on the fisheries committee probably a year or so later, one of the biggest issues this committee dealt with over a five-year span was foreign overfishing and dealing with ways to try to prevent that.
As you'll remember quite clearly, because you supported the motion, I even presented in the House a motion saying that Canada should take custodial management because of the frustrations we were having in relation to dealing with the raping of our stocks. You supported that. You were in the House. Your government, at the time, did not. The government voted against it. And I checked to see if you were in cabinet at the time and you weren't. The Newfoundland cabinet minister absented himself. He did not support the motion.
So if you want to get into the political spin of it, I have statements here that I can roll out from former Prime Minister Martin, saying “We will take custodial management”, etc.
The question you're asking is, do we have custodial management and did we get it or did we not? Let me differentiate first. And I will answer the question. I'll answer any questions you ask.