La lettre était signée par Thomas Siddon, un progressiste-conservateur, David Anderson, ancien ministre libéral des Pêches, John Fraser, ancien ministre progressiste-conservateur des Pêches, et Herb Dhaliwal, ancien ministre libéral des Pêches.
Former fisheries ministers, Liberal and Progressive Conservative, also wrote the Prime Minister arguing against weakening the Fisheries Act and adding that they were very concerned about the process. I will quote a letter from Thomas Siddon, a Progressive Conservative; David Anderson, a former Liberal fisheries minister; John Fraser, a former Progressive Conservative fisheries minister; and Herb Dhaliwal, a former Liberal fisheries minister.