Fisheries committee  Fifteen years ago it was about 12,500, as David said. Then we did the operational statements and it went down to about 8,000. This has been designed so that we think we will be looking at 1,000. I know you want to go to other questions here, but the reality is that we know, from

Fisheries committee  I think the objective is actually to have better fisheries protection results. With the new recreational fisheries partnership program, with the partnership provisions of the act, with us looking at the most significant impacts on fisheries of projects, and with new offsetting gu

Fisheries committee  What it says is you can't cause serious harm to fish that are part of a commercial, recreational, or aboriginal fishery, or to fish that support such a fishery. “Serious harm” is defined. “Serious harm” is defined as the death of the fish or the permanent alteration or destruct

Fisheries committee  The minister signed.... It had been a request. We've had a long-standing relationship with the B.C. first nations, and particularly with the First Nations Fisheries Council. It's always been at the officials level. There's something called the First Nations Leadership Council, wh

Fisheries committee  —and I've forgotten the third one. In any case, it's AFN's B.C. wing. They had asked that the minister sign an MOU, which enabled the relationship that we had at the officials level to operate at the political level. It really is a commitment to have a meeting at least once a y

Fisheries committee  The decision was that it should be operated by a third party. Ontario is the crown owner of that area and we are talking about what the arrangements might be going forward. That hasn't been finalized.

Fisheries committee  As I say, we haven't resolved things, but the idea is to make the new operator IISD. We're talking to them about what the arrangements would be between Ontario and them, and any ongoing engagement for the federal government, but the idea is IISD is the operator and they make the

Fisheries committee  We'll check that. It's generally four months, right, David?

Fisheries committee  That is my understanding, and we'll double-check. If we're wrong about that, we'll let you know, but that's our understanding.

Fisheries committee  I checked, because the ADM for science isn't here today, and I wondered if that was going to come up. What he said, as I recall, sitting right there, was, “No, not yet, but very soon.” What I got today from him and Verdon was that it was that day. It was indeed the day that we we

Fisheries committee  I may be wrong about that, but I believe they have four months from when they receive it about which approach they want to take.

Fisheries committee  As I understand it, our folks are in discussions with IISD, who would hopefully become the new operator, and I'm not sure what arrangements they would be making.

Fisheries committee  I don't know if the IJC is involved.

Fisheries committee  Sorry, is what involved?

Fisheries committee  Did you want to start, Dave?