I don't think we should ever ignore science. I'm not suggesting that there are no circumstances in which other factors may be important as a balancing. It's just that at the moment there's nothing that requires the minister or his or her delegates to turn his or her mind to science-based decision-making when making decisions that generally are about protecting living, functioning systems, and those are mostly scientific decisions.
On November 28th, 2016. See this statement in context.