The response is very clear. We have scientists who work at Environment Canada as employees of Environment Canada. We value their work. I value science, research, and empiricism wherever we find it. It's especially important at Environment Canada.
Since I have been the minister at Environment Canada I have not received any complaints from our scientists that they feel hampered. So let's be perfectly clear about that. The rules that apply to any employee of the Government of Canada, quite apart from what their educational background is, are the same across the government. There is nothing different at Environment Canada in any respect relative to the employees of Environment Canada.
We value their efforts at science. We base our decisions as a regulatory agency at Environment Canada on the empiricism and the fine work they do. They're valued employees as such. The questions you raised relate back to 2007, 2008, and some counting of media interviews back at that time. They're not germane to the issues currently.