You know, generally there's never enough time for all these things. That said, as you will know, and other members will know, we've had a number of attempts to change the Fisheries Act in the past. We had Bill C-32, and we had a previous Bill C-45, which had a number of these changes—not all of these changes, by any means.
I would also say that we've had a number of reports—internal reports, Auditor General reports—that have said we needed to look at what was called “habitat regime”. We would now call it “fisheries protection regime”.
We've done that. We had engagement and consultation with conservation groups, with industry groups, and with provinces to look at that regime. We thought we were going to change the policy, and then the advice was that we should be changing the legislation.
We've been in a constant state of readiness to adjust these things. Those previous bills did not recommend changing the habitat provisions and the fisheries protection provisions exactly as this was. But that said, it's always better to have more time rather than less.