Isn't that interesting? The government has set up this independent scientific body to assess the viability of species in Canada because Canadians, and I'm sure all members of this committee, are concerned about eliminating a species or a subset of a species, yet when recommendations--I'll take the salmon, and I'm sure there are others--have been put forward saying that we as scientists believe this species is threatened as it is, and human impact is one of those things, the government then turns around and says that it doesn't accept that science and is instead going to trump that with an economic argument.
I'm trying to understand how this supports the work of COSEWIC or supports the legitimacy of the work you do.