I appreciate the fact that there are choices, and we've come up against it on a number of these procurement issues, where a lot of things have been left to languish because the procurement process has not been as speedy as we would like it. Everything is coming into the funnel at the same time. Nonetheless, questions of safety, research, Arctic sovereignty, marine traffic, and so on, are all important. You know better than I, but the fact that it was deemed necessary to get this work under way and now we've punted the ball farther up the line causes some concern, as others have expressed.
Let me move on, if I may. Regulatory changes were made this past spring as a result of legislative changes in 2012 to the Fisheries Act, as it relates to the release of deleterious substances in the aquaculture sector. I wondered if you could give me an update on the status of these new regulations. Has the department listened to the concerns—I've certainly heard them from many Canadians—and have any changes been made as a result of the concerns that have been raised?