Madam Chair, during the 2018 G7 presidency, Canada spearheaded the Charlevoix blueprint for healthy oceans, seas and resilient coastal communities. We have invested $8.3 million in our ghost gear fund. This is a very popular initiative that sees harvesters collecting gear out of the ocean. We have collected a great deal of it over the last little while. We know there is more to be done and we will continue to make sure that there are investments to address this program.
In the House of Commons on November 24th, 2020. See this statement in context.