I think Canada has a system in place that would be extremely effective in turning science advice into good management decisions. It's just that managers have not implemented it.
We have a policy structure in place that would allow good science to influence decisions, but, as I say, it has not been implemented. That's why I would propose, as some other people on the panel are also proposing, that you have to have some sort of independent body to monitor the implementation and monitor the science.
Mr. Hardie was quite correct. There are often different versions and different interpretations of science. Stakeholders have to be involved. There has to be some consideration of how to implement science. We have that in those policies. What we don't have is transparency, like Mr. Zeman says. We don't have that kind of oversight that we need. We need more involvement of first nations.
We have the basic structure. We do not have the follow-through, and we do not have the independent monitoring or oversight that's required to ensure that it is done.