Fisheries committee  What Mr. Da Pont was explaining actually clarifies and makes a lot more transparent how much is being used for refit and how much is being used for major life extensions over and above day-to-day maintenance. There is another fund for major capital, if you wish, or for procurem

Fisheries committee  With regard to the funds for the small craft harbours, as I think my colleague indicated earlier, we are working on a business case. We do recognize, as I think has been stated many times before this committee, that there is a gap, and an increasing one. We are working with our c

Fisheries committee  The funds are an overall allocation that the government manages through the Treasury Board Secretariat. I will ask Mr. Hegge to respond to the specifics.

Fisheries committee  It's mainly with regard to the science sector. A number of investments are made and approaches developed. Occasionally we will issue them to be developed and applied in the private sector, rather than manage them ourselves. We receive royalties from the use of them. There was on

Fisheries committee  That's an agreement that we negotiated with a supplier about which we cannot disclose any information. However, it's essentially for a contract that we had to terminate.

Fisheries committee  Yes. Essentially, this funding is allocated to the department. It appears among the amounts allocated on an overall basis to the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs to monitor treaties and initiatives. So this is the portion that goes to the Department of Fisheries and Oce

Fisheries committee  Yes, the average is around, if I recall, $8 million a year. The allocation for this fiscal year is for the first year.

Fisheries committee  It's in the budget, but not supplementary funding; we haven't received any supplementary funding for this transition.

Fisheries committee  Yes, it's an initiative that Minister Hearn announced this past summer. It's in the order of $175 million. As my colleague Mr. Bevan explained earlier, the purpose of this initiative is to: assist in integrating First Nations fishers into the commercial fishery on the Pacific Coa

Fisheries committee  The funds are currently allocated for five years, as they are for most government programs, and they have to go through an evaluation. This allows us to proceed more effectively with the evaluation and assessment of major projects. Right now, major projects, like any other propo

Fisheries committee  Thank you. The amount of money, the $16.4 million or $16.5 million, really was provided to us to deal with three major issues. One of those is, as you have raised, the results of the court decision known as the Larocque decision, so that we can continue to do the work on the st

Fisheries committee  That's the portion of funding that is allocated to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans so that it can contribute to the management of major projects and to the formation of teams within the department that will help accelerate project evaluation in the context of the establish

Fisheries committee  No, because the office will focus exclusively on natural resources, whether it be hydroelectric, gas extraction or mining projects.

Fisheries committee  I'm going to ask my Coast Guard colleague to provide an answer to the question of funds allocated for the transfer of the vessels.

Fisheries committee  Yes. Coordination of the office is assumed by the Department of Natural Resources. The Major Projects Management Office is being established by that department. As deputy minister, I see to the Office's management with my other designated colleagues. My contribution to it will be