I'm going to continue on another topic. A little earlier, there were other guests, just before you. I'm entirely of the view that a major solution to the economic viability problems our members are facing will come from a funded government program. There's no point in squeezing out the last drop of juice from the lemon in the case of snow crab or other species. We will have to accept responsibility, as we did in the case of the Marshall decision.
Obviously, when the Supreme Court gives the government an order, it's easier to go before cabinet looking for money. The answer isn't yes or no; it's how much money will it take to comply with the Supreme Court decision? The dynamic changes in the case of that kind of decision.
We currently don't have that luxury. In fact, there's currently a need to go and buy licences. We're not talking about lobster licences because, if we buy lobster licences, we'll have to buy all the licences the fishing business owns and cancel them, tear them up, as one of the participants said earlier. Then we would be giving your members, that is to say the youngest fishermen, a real chance to improve their economic situation and to invest in equipment. That's a whole other issue. I entirely agree with the people who said it's virtually impossible for a fishing business to borrow money. If we have Farm Credit Canada to assist farmers, why wouldn't we have a similar arrangement to help fishing businesses, a way to seriously finance those purchases?
How would you view a licence buy-back plan in the context of ensuring the long-term conservation for future generations that you referred to? We have to reduce the pressure on resources, whether it be snow crab or lobster.