I'm not the expert on a precautionary approach, but it would seem that when you have one species, the salmon, that is in crisis and another one that, even by a conservative estimate, is 10 times over the number needed to survive, the decisions that need to be taken are not being taken in a timely manner. We would say that absolutely traditional knowledge is a requirement of management. We've been preaching co-management to DFO for many years. We're always promised to be part of that decision-making process. That hasn't happened, Pat, MP Finnigan.
On April 1st, 2019. See this statement in context.