Thank you very much for the question, Mr. Kamp. I have a couple of thoughts.
Certainly there is broad international consensus around the treaty. It takes time, as is often the case with these things, for countries to take a treaty and make the necessary legislative amendments in their domestic processes. A number of countries have done that in the case of this treaty. We believe that a solid global consensus exists on this, and that in time more and more signatories will ratify the treaty and it will ultimately enter into force.
Two of our key partners, the U.S. and the European Union, have been very much at the forefront in negotiating this treaty. In the case of the European Union, they have ratified it and put it into force. In the United States, the administration has signed it and there are bills making their way through the legislative process to bring it into force in terms of their domestic legislation.
I would say as well that in both the European Union and the United States, we're seeing an increased focus on curtailment of IUU fishing. In the case of the European Union, they've put in place a catch certification regime. President Obama established a task force last year that reported in late 2014 on a series of measures to, among other things, curtail the import of IUU-produced fisheries into the U.S. I take that as signs indicative that our key partners are giving increased focus to the problem of IUU fisheries. I think one of the ways that Canada can demonstrate that we're a partner in those efforts is to amend our own legislation to bring this treaty into force.