Fisheries committee  I do think science should be the basis. I think in some cases the discretion is inherent in this act and this Bill C-68 has not gotten rid of discretion. I think it's important to have the factors to be considered absolutely include science, and I think that's a good addition bec

Fisheries committee  Yes, I will.

Fisheries committee  Absolutely. It was the first act after the British North America Act. I would say, when we look at some of the other legislation in other countries around fishery building and habitat protection, we see that our act doesn't quite get us to where we need to be in this century. Tha

Fisheries committee  Okay.

Fisheries committee  Thank you. Thank you for inviting me to present today in my new role at Oceans North Canada. Having been involved in previous attempts to amend and modify the Fisheries Act in 2006 and 2007, I want to commend the current government and the work of this committee for finally br