To me, there hasn't been a convincing argument that there is.... Beyond anecdotes of standardization of data, there have been some pieces that seem necessary. That said, it hasn't been convincing that there needs to be an entirely new agency. Did anyone within ECCC, as far as you know, investigate whether or not the department could have done a similar task with existing resources?
On June 11th, 2024. See this statement in context.