Mr. Speaker, clearly, the Conservative government is intent on destroying what is left of the fishery by cutting $85 million from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans within three years. More than half of the 400 DFO employees who got notices this week are scientists.
The very survival of the fishing industry depends on sound science, yet the government is moving full steam ahead by changing things like annual fish stocks review to multi-year assessments.
What is it about the government that it does not understand the consequences of cutting science from a science-based department?