We depend on them a lot. It must be said that the International Joint Commission employs engineers and is trying to recruit an ecologist. However, members of the scientific advisory committee come from academia, from Environment Canada, from Fisheries and Oceans and Health Canada. The scientists come from government. We recruit them based on their area of expertise and their qualifications. If we need a toxicologist, we find the best toxicologist for the problem at hand. A good deal of the work is done by volunteers, people who have come forward of their own initiative or who have been volunteered by their department. If you take away these areas of expertise from departments, we will be in a bad spot.
On June 6th, 2012. See this statement in context.