Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the minister for joining us today and providing these answers, and thank you to the Treasury Board Secretariat.
In the region I come from, which is Richmond, British Columbia, our coastline is very important to my constituents. We have the largest commercial fishing harbour in Canada. We also have the Ocean Legacy program here, which is the only one of its kind: Plastics are removed from the ocean and turned into little plastic beads that go back into the circular economy.
My question is about the recent oceans protection plan announcement, which I participated in just the other day, for the next phase of oceans protection plan funding. Can you speak to the $196.3 million allocated for the oceans protection program in the estimates and how it will protect our coastlines?