I could add, Mr. Chair, that I checked on this anticipating a question. I am informed that the Government of the Northwest Territories—and the NWT is the main customer of the Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation from Great Slave Lake—after the December 9, 2010 vote of the fishers—and there were not a lot; it was seventeen to nine as Senator Manning has said—to remain with the Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation, the responsible minister in the Northwest Territories, the Hon. Robert McLeod, said that they would respect the vote of the fishermen and that the Government of the Northwest Territories would not repeal the NWT Freshwater Fish Marketing Act to withdraw from the federal marketing system.
I'll answer the other question that Mr. Stoffer asked. Yes, indeed, you're very well informed. There were tensions between the Baffin Fisheries Coalition and a group that had broken away from Qikiqtarjuaq, Pangnirtung, and Pond Inlet, I believe. That was then.
Now both groups are with the benefit of access to quota and support from DFO to allow them to develop joint venture arrangements that give them cash to acquire vessels. Both organizations have acquired their own vessels. It seems there's enough resource now to allow them both to thrive. I don't think that was the case when you were there. The fishery has grown and the rivalries are healthy now, I would say.