Mr. Speaker, I cannot say for sure why they did not. We were told by some people that there seemed to be a lot of pressure to come back with a deal or with something. One cannot get a deal, of course, unless the people one is working with are prepared to agree. Apparently they were only prepared to agree with something that said, we would like to go inside your 200 mile limit under certain circumstances, with your permission, as part of our regime. They wanted changes made. The enforcement mechanism was not fully enforceable, and is still not enforceable voluntarily. They just could not agree. The negotiators wanted to come back with something and this is what they came back with.
In the House of Commons on December 7th, 2009. See this statement in context.