Committee report sounds alarm bells about DFO science

The Government of Canada must use the results of the recommended investigations, examinations and audits to overhaul and reform the Department of Fisheries and Oceans.

Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray must take the House Fisheries and Oceans Committee's recommendations for changes to her department seriously, writes Sean Jones.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SEAN JONES

May 29, 2023

NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C.—In March 2023, the House Fisheries and Oceans Committee (FOPO) released a scathing report after its study of science at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO). The report should sound alarm bells for all Canadians, especially those old eno...

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