Fisheries committee  And we've kept on that and we are still there. We will still be there tomorrow and we'll still be there the next day.

Fisheries committee  Absolutely.

Fisheries committee  Yes.

Fisheries committee  So that's agreement? In your words, that's agreement?

Fisheries committee  I can't ask.... In any of those conventions.... Could I ask if the objection process was binding? Could I ask that? What about the two-thirds majority? Was that good or bad? What I'm asking the government is how in heaven's name you could let that responsibility of incursion on o

Fisheries committee  Thank you. It's always a pleasure, and I thank members on both sides for their questions. We'll go from there.

Fisheries committee  Again, sovereignty is the big one. Like I said, we are a coastal state. We have three coasts, and what we do on one will have ramifications on the others. Right now, sovereignty in the Arctic, for example, is a big deal. I know the Prime Minister has made a statement on it, sayin

Fisheries committee  If they're invited in, they can impose.

Fisheries committee  So you're saying it's all right for the NAFO countries to come in and manage our resource? That's all I wanted to hear.

Fisheries committee  That's all I wanted to hear. I'm wasting my time.

Fisheries committee  Again, I restate my position and the government's position in case anyone hasn't heard. We took government in 2003. In our blue book we have always indicated that nothing less than custodial management would be the order of the day.

Fisheries committee  In response, I can again express the disappointment we had in regard to the commitment not being fulfilled. We kind of lost a bit of faith. This convention is kind of creeping in and pushing custodial management aside, because these conventions are nowhere near custodial manageme

Fisheries committee  With regard to the objection procedure, there is some work done on process, but it still leads to the same thing. There can be objections, and these objections can be carried out over a period of time, but during the objection procedure, countries can still put on a unilateral qu

Fisheries committee  Yes, sure, Canada can do that now.

Fisheries committee  What I'm saying is that in writing this is not as strong as the first convention, so why is it in there? And you might be able to speak for your government, but a government down the road can take that wording and.... If there is any risk involved at all, again, we can't go there