Thank you, Mr. Vardy. You answered many of my other questions all in that one question. That was good.
One thing that you were talking about was around the joint management fisheries board, around the importance of independent science. When my colleague, Mr. Small, was asking the question about whether you felt that the LRP was part of a political plan, I was reflecting on that, because we have taken extensive time as a committee to study science and the impacts of science not being independent on management decisions. It was interesting to me to think that we wouldn't be posing questions like that if we had a sound management plan that included robust, independent science.
To get to my main question, the other witness who was here today, Mr. Bonnell, had mentioned that Iceland and Norway have robust fisheries management practices, and he felt that Canada had comparable management plans. Now, I hope I'm not poorly articulating what it was that he said, but I'm wondering what your thoughts are on that. Does Canada, in your opinion, have that same independent science, the robust, science-based management plans that we require?