I get that. The question, though, is why wouldn't the government take action, I'm saying 10 years ago, on something that they realized would take so long, with stakeholder engagement and with a science-based approach, which is important? Why wait until now when we know these essentially dying animals aren't increasing in this very critical...?
We heard testimony today from first nations in that area in the Salish Sea who say that these whales are connected spiritually to their way of life. That's a pretty strong statement of how connected these whales are, and there are 74. Many Canadians are wondering too why the government wouldn't have implemented some of these enhancement plans or rebuilding plans a decade ago. Even the environment commissioner has stated with regard to recovery plans that you have four of 14 strategies done, and zero done on time. It doesn't look like a good track record.