Mr. Chair, we have spent a lot of time and resources on the seal hunt. A lot of what we have spent has been time with staff and the time of our fisheries ambassador. I could not put a price on that, but delegations have gone to Europe to make presentations, which all cost money. Senior DFO officials also went.
I led a ministerial delegation. Minister of International Trade and Minister of Foreign Affairs also contributed to taking action in reaching out to our counterparts in Europe.
We launched an advertising campaign that was published in government magazines. We partnered with the Government of Quebec to send copies of Phoques: le film to EU parliamentarians so they could educate themselves on the seal hunt. We sent letters to every member of the European parliament and included copies of ads that were published in local newspapers.
We had a very exhaustive campaign in the European Union, defending the seal hunt.