Okay. With all due respect, that's a lawyer's view, and the world, the economy, and rural communities are not nearly that clear cut. That's the reason why we had such difficulties with the old Fisheries Act.
Minister Crocker, I must express my sympathy for you. We have had from every non-governmental organization a desire to decrease ministerial discretion, and that is something I profoundly disagree with. I think that every public sector decision has to have, at the very end of the chain, an elected official. On that one, we Conservatives on this side will always come down on the side of democracy and the role of elected officials.
In fact, I'd like to address my next question to the Atlantic Salmon Federation. You also expressed a view that ministerial discretion should be limited, but it was ministerial discretion that created the recreational fisheries conservation partnerships program, of which I think the ASF and the Miramichi Salmon Association have availed themselves. Could you describe your experiences with the recreational fisheries conservation partnerships program? Could you also comment on the impact of that program, which was created under the new Fisheries Act, on your work as an Atlantic salmon conservation organization?