Thank you.
Mr. O'Dea, the U.S. section of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission—and our Canadian section understands this—has been extremely vocal and upset about the fact that Canada has, for years, contravened the will of the commission.
Between 2001 and budget 2022, for instance, your department failed to advance the commission's budget requests. In 2021, the Canadian commissioners told the other commissioners that Canada is living up to its treaty obligation, all while the U.S. was quietly paying Canada's bills, mainly in the area of the sea lamprey.
It's like the bank teller skimming a bit off every time there's a deposit made. Can you tell me why DFO was skimming that money?