Hold on. This is the mistake here. I'm sorry, but I have only so much time.
This is the mistake. The appropriation from the budget is very clear. It's to go to the GLFC for the sea lamprey program, period. It doesn't say to go to DFO and then you're going to negotiate. As I said earlier, there is no negotiation. There is no right for negotiation. This is a treaty organization that since 1950 has had its own rights. As Mr. McClinchey rightly noted, those rights include having the autonomy to provide these programs delegated to you.
What if, in fact, they didn't delegate that contracting to you? What if, in fact, they delegated it to somebody else? Would you still have the right to hold that money back? No. That's the crux of this problem.
What I'm trying to do here is put that aside so we can come to a resolution. I will take the final seconds I have to establish a take-away. That take-away is simple. It's to hopefully come to this resolution on an MOA to start the ball rolling and then re-establish that positive relationship. Then, of course, the expectation of all of us is to possibly see the transfer from DFO to GAC. But at least let's get an MOA we can agree with so that, as Mr. Baker said, we can get people back to the table.