Thank you, Mr. MacAulay.
The fishermen's federation here in the NWT has had a long-standing relationship with the Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation. From time to time, they've wanted us to stay in, they've wanted us to go out.... It's all about support and politics and....
When you see a decline in the amount of fishermen who are out there, and the fact that the plant in Hay River is so old and needs to be replaced, and that the supports, as far the fishermen see it, aren't what they require, then they start to ask questions. Those questions come to us as a government. They go to the FFMC. That's why it was important for me that one of the first things I did when I became minister was to meet with the FFMC to try to find a way forward.
We need to work with them on getting a new plant and on looking after the requirements the fishermen are asking us to have for them—the supports—and we believe we can get there. Yes, it has been a tumultuous relationship between the fishermen on Great Slave Lake and the FFMC. As the government, we've kind of been the middleman in all of that over the years.
Today, it's okay, though. Today, it's fine.