You have clear and unequivocal positions on the fiduciary responsibility of the federal minister. We all recognize that the provincial governments do not have any specified right to manage the resource itself. However, for quite some time, co-management has been a key tenet to proper fisheries management. Can you describe to the committee the role that the Province of New Brunswick, your department in particular, has had during the last several years in the management of this stock? Would you categorize it as being interactive, positive, or negative?
On May 28th, 2010. See this statement in context.