That's fine.
I don't think SCOSAR has suggested that listing be scientific, so I'm not quite sure where you're coming from. The assessment is made by COSEWIC. That is the predictive or observational side of it. That's the white box at the top that it then goes into.
What we're suggesting is that the regulatory impact assessment statement—which the Treasury Board makes the government do every time it makes a regulation like a listing—should be open to peer review and be transparent. Then, after that peer review, the government can respond to that peer-reviewed document. So the actual listing is still done within the democratic process.