We've done, I think, eight studies so far, Mr. Chair, and those are festooned with a lot of recommendations, many of which call on the DFO to either boost resources or reallocate resources. This, the MPAs, represents yet another layer, and a number of us have concerns that the DFO is far short of the resources it needs to do an adequate job.
“How much is enough?” is like asking “How long is a piece of string?” and “How high is up?”, but if you were to rate what you understand of the DFO's processes right now on a scale of one to 10, how good are they at allocating the resources they have? Are they doing the right things or making the right priorities?
Second, based on that, how short are we of the resources necessary for them to do an adequate job of all of the things they're being asked to do, including MPAs?