We need to make evidence-based decisions. Until I hear what the DFO's rationale was for this sudden change, I'm not prepared to just say, well, it was all wrong, and let it go.
Now, 99% of me says it was a bad decision done in a very poor way. I hope that when we spend one more session, get the DFO in, get their rationale and—pardon the expression—send them away with their tail between their legs, that will do it. The certainty that the harvesters need will come soon enough. One more session with the DFO to hear what they have to say is not going to make a huge difference in the long run in terms of providing the certainty that they need, but it might give us what we need in order to say in no uncertain terms that the change they're proposing shouldn't go forward, period.
That's where I've landed so far, but I need to hear from them. We need to make sure that we know all the angles. We've heard from one group that has a lot of self-interest, as they have the right to do; let's hear from the other one before we really come down and follow our nose and our intuition on this.