I appreciate that.
I will start with the first part. The current minister is the sixth fisheries minister from this Liberal government. I agree, but she has to answer for everything the department has done during that time, not just during her time in that role. If she as fisheries minister doesn't feel comfortable enough to defend everything her government has done in that job, then why don't we add former minister number five, Joyce Murray, to the list? I'm more than willing to have both of them here.
With regard to the province, the province didn't negotiate the agreement. It was negotiated for peace on the water, for the division of licences and for how the federal government would approach supporting first nations going forward in the fishery with regard to licences, boats, training and fishing in a DFO-regulated season. That's the agreement. The province was not at the table for that. That was between the first nations and commercial fishermen and the Minister of Fisheries who rejected the proposal. The province had nothing to do with analyzing whether or not Sipekne'katik should get more licences, how they would get more licences or what support they would get. That was solely at the discretion of former minister of fisheries number five. If minister number six isn't comfortable defending minister number five, then let's have both of them.