Okay, so they implicitly or explicitly acknowledged that Canada's seal populations are in good shape and that they are abundant. Okay.
Regarding the second exemption, for seal products resulting from hunts conducted for the sole purpose of sustainable management of marine resources, the key word in that statement in my view is “resources”.
This committee has heard many times from various experts and fishermen on the coast about high populations of seals affecting commercially valuable fish stock. So if Canada were to have a seal hunt or a seal reduction program for the purpose of conserving fish stocks that are threatened by an overabundance of seals, presumably seal products from that hunt would be allowed into the EU.
Is that true?