I appreciate that, but the court didn't say to remove 50% of the existing quota and transfer it to other fishers. That was your decision. You have communicated that directly to those fishers, both in letter and in meeting.
I going to ask you a question on another issue.
We have an obligation to pay our dues to the Great Lakes Fishery Commission. That money pays to help control invasive species, as you know. Through five Ministers of Fisheries in six years under this government, not one minister has paid our full dues to that commission.
This year, the Americans expect us to be putting in $19.4 million in funding, but we have only allocated, in your estimates, $10.6 million. That's an $8.8 million shortfall. The U.S. expressed their desire, obviously, for us to pay our full resources to protect from invasive species, but they are now talking about not continuing to pay our share of those.
Will you commit that you will return the government to paying its full obligation?