I appreciate that.
I'm sorry, Mr. Stringer. I don't mean to be rude, but I have limited time, and the chair, while he's a good-humoured and reasonable chair, will only go so far.
We have the science. You would say that we have the science on the whole issue of habitat protection, and now we're trying to figure out the regulations. Part of that is to continue to be able to monitor these changes. We need to continue to have the science.
We've gutted fisheries science. That was presented in the evidence we had from AFN and ASF. In particular, as it relates to the habitat staff, the offices have been decimated across the country. There are three main protection offices now in the country with respect to the Atlantic region. They are in Moncton, Dartmouth, and St. John's, Newfoundland. Prince Edward Island is not even on the list, Lawrence.