In another hat, I [Technical difficulty—Editor] first nations monitors inspecting with DFO's CER federal regulators. We have done over 100 co-inspections with the CER and may have done 20 with DFO.
During the flood event, DFO was invisible. There was nobody out in the field whatsoever. We had to bring our political wherewithal to bear to find out that it was the D.C. OGC that had authorization to issue permits under B.C.'s Water Sustainability Act to have Trans Mountain do activities a certain way. DFO wasn't at the table. They weren't at any of the meetings. They weren't in any of the correspondence. They were absolutely invisible, which really troubles me.
The MOU that you speak to, Ms. May, is a general relational MOU, that I'm aware of. I say that as chair of the indigenous advisory council to the Canada Energy Regulator. It doesn't delegate authority. It's relational, where CER is the lead regulator on the ground, and if they need DFO to ever be called in, that MOU allows them to call them in.
I hope that helps.