Mr. Speaker, I can assure the member that communicating science is a priority for fisheries and oceans, and the department's record is solid on that.
In fact, here is what we do. DFO issues more than 300 publications each year documenting our research on Canada's fisheries. We respond to approximately 380 science-based media calls every year. DFO scientists publish feature stories on its website with 1,000 subscribers and an average of 73,000 hits annually.