I would say that it's because we have seen when there's a lack of adherence to science advice. Perhaps if the minister at the time had made different decisions around the management of the cod stocks, many citizens would not have had to face the impact of that decision.
I did a lot of research. I'm trying to find management decisions that DFO had made. Try to go on a DFO website. It's getting a little better now but to find where management decisions have been made around fish stocks and the reasons why is quite difficult.
It is too easy for conservation groups, industry, whoever, to be able to lobby the minister on a particular decision and there needs to be a framework around how decisions are made and why.