Fisheries committee  As you probably know, a large part of budget 2017 is back in the oceans protection plan. There is going to be quite a substantial investment, particularly in science, resource management, and a number of things in the Coast Guard domain. I would also draw attention to investments

Fisheries committee  I guess from our point of view, the answer in terms of how the oceans protection plan unfolds is really in two parts. If I may, I'll just be parochial for a minute. There's a substantial involvement of Transport Canada in the oceans protection plan, which will do a whole series o

Fisheries committee  Thanks very much, Mr. Chair. As you pointed out, my title now rivals the names of some ridings. It has challenged our business card production, particularly in French.

Fisheries committee  I'd like to start out by saying thank you very much for inviting the department to be here today. My colleague Rebecca Reid has had a little delay down in security, so she'll be joining us fairly shortly. We have a number of introductory remarks to make, and as you've already p

Fisheries committee  Just a bit, Minister. For us, we don't tag various program activities specifically related to a particular Cohen commission recommendation. Many of the programs—indeed, the vast majority of them in British Columbia—touch on multiple elements of the Cohen commission, so it's dif

Fisheries committee  I have a couple of things, I guess. First, we have a comprehensive risk assessment under way in British Columbia to look at these very issues. It's in its infancy. It is continuing. The new resources that we have through budget 2016 are to augment and expand the disease risk as

Fisheries committee  Thanks very much, Mr. Chair. I have a couple of very brief introductory remarks, and then Dr. Brattey will take over the floor. I will begin by saying thanks very much to the committee: (a) for undertaking this study and (b) for having us here before you today to look at northe

Fisheries committee  Minister Duncan and Minister Tootoo are going to make a fairly major announcement tomorrow morning on the disposition of our new science resources. A recurring theme in that, and what we are going to be moving towards, is a much bigger focus on partnership. The kind of thing you'

Fisheries committee  The majority of water quality monitoring programs are delivered by Environment Canada. There's a percentage, but I don't think we can give that right off the top of our head. Provinces are quite heavily involved in that as well. Certainly, it goes back to one of the comments we h

Fisheries committee  I guess there are a couple of ways to come at this question. The first is that you can't manage what you don't understand. Really, a big part of what we're trying to do is understand what's happening to these animals when they leave. There are some people who argue very strongl

Fisheries committee  Did you ask me that question before?

Fisheries committee  It's an unusual reference, so I was wondering where you got that one from. It is. There are two things we're aiming to do. One is we're hoping to put more tracking devices on fish on both coasts. We are also seeing dramatic improvements in the technology for that. It is similar

Fisheries committee  There is not much in the ocean.

Fisheries committee  The main impact of acid rain is in the spawning grounds.

Fisheries committee  Nova Scotia, for example, is an area particularly vulnerable to acid rain. We see changes in the nature and the quality of the spawning habitat of Atlantic salmon. This affects a whole variety of animals.