Thank you for being here today. As a former public servant, I really appreciate the work that you do.
Commissioner, it's always a pleasure to see you. You always fill the room whenever you're presenting, and you do very important work.
I want to sort of backdrop my questions with this. When you're trying to look after any species, it has to start with science, and then there's regulation and then enforcement.
Commissioner, I'm not sure whether this is a fair question—if not, I'll narrow it down—but how do you think government is doing these days with science? As you know, there were thousands of public servants laid off back in 2012 under the Conservative government, which was shameful, and I'll use the word “shameful”.
How are we doing in science and how are we doing in enforcement? Then I'm going to ask some of the departmental people directly—