Thank you very much.
Ms. Beauchamp, considering some of the evidence this committee has received in recent weeks, it's very important that we understand how PPSC decides who to prosecute and who not to prosecute.
The PPSC desk book that was mentioned in your opening remarks states:
Crown counsel must only proceed with prosecutions where two conditions are met:
1. There is a reasonable prospect of conviction; and
2. The prosecution is in the public interest.
When PPSC does this type of assessment of charges relating to fish harvesting, does DFO come to PPSC with the charges already defined or recommended, or do DFO and PPSC have conversations about the circumstances and actions in question and what the corresponding laws and regulations are, and then determine what charges are appropriate?