As chair of an advisory body, I think we are there to provide advice. That's our role, from a legislative perspective: to provide advice. I'm sure ministers receive advice from all sorts of different groups and individuals. Our responsibility is simply to ensure that the advice vis-à-vis the science is as objective and unbiased as possible, and also that it's communicated to Canadians and society at the same time so that these decisions can then be judged.
On May 28th, 2009. See this statement in context.