Madam Chair, under the previous Conservative government, there were significant cuts to DFO in a number areas, including science, and conservation and protection. We have reinvested in DFO to make sure that we have what we need in order to do the job that is so important in our coastal communities. We have to make our decisions based on science, and yet the cuts that were made under the previous government made that very difficult. We have reinvested to make sure that the science is available to us.
With regard to conservation and protection, we know how important those jobs are on the water and to our rural coastal communities. We are doing everything we can to make sure that we support the conservation and protection officers.