Commissioner, I know you're aware of the Cohen commission and its final report, which contains 75 recommendations. I'd like to ask you specifically about the final recommendation, number 75. I'll just read it out:
An independent body such as the office of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development should report to the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans and to the public as follows:
By March 31, 2014, and every two years thereafter during implementation of the Wild Salmon Policy, on progress in implementing the policy in relation to Fraser River sockeye salmon. By September...2015, on the extent to which and the manner in which this Commission's recommendations have been implemented.
On May 14 of this year, we had the Department of Fisheries and Oceans here to give us an update on their progress to date in implementing Justice Cohen's recommendations. Clearly, given recommendation 75, this is problematic. My opinion is that the department is in conflict of interest due to its conservation mandate on the one hand and its promotion of a fish farming industry mandate on the other.
Is your office currently investigating the progress of the Cohen commission's recommendations and, essentially, how could we initiate a study or a review whereby the commission is looking at this so that it's essentially an independent review, not the department looking at itself and asking, “How did we do?”