As a visiting member of the last fisheries and oceans committee in the last Parliament, I questioned the minister several times on decisions that seemed to counter the science, science that was available even to the public and was provided to the ministry. I think this is what Mr. Arnold is trying to get at.
To me, counter to some of the Liberal comments earlier, this motion gives us a perfect platform to see how the decisions are made and to refer to the science, if indeed that's the way those decisions are made. To me, it's an opportunity to clarify for all our user groups and stakeholders out there how DFO makes its decisions.
Again, as a B.C. resident, I will say that it needs to be abundantly clear how they do that, and this motion addresses that need.