Mrs. Miriam Padolsky (Acting Director General, Ecosystems Management, Department of Fisheries and Oceans) at the Fisheries and Oceans Committee

Thank you. I can answer that question.

Since the amendments to the act were made in 2019, DFO has rolled out a number of policies, tools and guidance documents to help explain to proponents and others what the requirements are. For example, we developed and published six policies and 17 guidance documents for staff and proponents, as well as a number of codes of practice and standards.