Mel Arnold

[Business of Supply, May 30th, 2022]

Mr. Chair, what habitat restoration projects will be completed with PSSI resources this fiscal year?

[Business of Supply, May 30th, 2022]

Mr. Chair, when PSSI is fully established, how many DFO employees in total will be positioned and paid through PSSI?

[Business of Supply, May 30th, 2022]

Mr. Chair, how many full-time and part-time DFO employees are currently paid with PSSI funds?

[Business of Supply, May 30th, 2022]

Mr. Chair, to date, what amount of PSSI funding has been spent?

[Business of Supply, May 30th, 2022]

Mr. Chair, to date, how much of the funding announced for the Pacific strategic salmon initiative, the PSSI, has been allocated?

[Business of Supply, May 30th, 2022]

Mr. Chair, on March 2 of this year, I provided the minister with a letter requesting that she and her officials review an attached proposal from the Adams Lake Indian Band and connect with program representatives to identify funding opportunities for a time-critical sockeye hatchery supplementation program in North Okanagan—Shuswap.

Has the minister or her department connected with the Adams Lake Indian Band, and have resources been identified for this time-critical program?

[Business of Supply, May 30th, 2022]

Mr. Chair, during the development of DFO's budget for the current fiscal year, did the minister reduce draft estimates from one DFO branch in order to meet resource requirements from another branch of DFO?

[Business of Supply, May 30th, 2022]

Mr. Chair, has the minister reduced or increased the ministry's budget estimates under the direction of the PMO or cabinet?

[Business of Supply, May 30th, 2022]

Mr. Chair, how much of DFO's budget for the current fiscal year is determined by cabinet?

[Business of Supply, May 30th, 2022]

Mr. Chair, the minister does not sign off on the budget for her own department? That is shocking.

How much of DFO's budget for the current fiscal year is determined by cabinet?