Thank you. That's very informative.
We should focus more on this. I think that, unfortunately, Fisheries and Oceans Canada is sometimes used for political purposes. We heard Mr. Vardy say that we should separate politics from fisheries management. How nice! I took note of this.
Do you have an opinion on the lack of environmental mediation at Fisheries and Oceans Canada? Can you tell us that, if environmental mediators were more involved in the department's decision‑making process, we could avoid repeating past mistakes?
Unfortunately, the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change turned down our invitation to appear before the committee. I wanted to invite him to speak about redfish. Unfortunately, he repeatedly declined.
Do you think that we should call him in to discuss this?