Fisheries committee  Thank you very much for this opportunity to appear before the panel as a witness for the study on marine cargo spills. As you know, B.C.'s coastline is one of the most biologically diverse and productive marine environments. Our government is committed to protecting provincial r

Fisheries committee  I don't have the exact date with me, but I can certainly find it and make sure that we submit it to you, if you're looking for a timeline on how that all fits together and if that would be helpful to you.

Fisheries committee  Again, I don't have that information with me.

Fisheries committee  I'm writing this down.

Fisheries committee  I'm copying these down. I will make sure we get those answers to you.

Fisheries committee  I do not, and I certainly haven't heard that interpretation of the wording from the website before, so that is interesting.

Fisheries committee  I think a lot of these questions would be better put to the unified command, to the federal authorities who were in charge of that. As I said earlier, we are in a supporting role on this, and they would have those answers at their fingertips.

Fisheries committee  I do not. Would you like me to look into that for you?

Fisheries committee  To the best of my knowledge, on the provincial side they're not. We do have ongoing works along the cleanup areas that do take some of those into account. Give me one second to look at my notes here.

Fisheries committee  Yes. Thank you. Since April 28, 2021, we've announced $9.5 million for our “Clean Coast, Clean Waters” initiative, specifically to tackle shoreline cleanup. It also includes derelict vessel removal from the north coast down to southern Vancouver Island. We've also distributed

Fisheries committee  They are, but this is after the fact. That is the key piece of this. This is cleaning up stuff that is up and down the coast. This is not part of the unified command. I think the best way to look at it is as part of the response efforts. When they do that first response and the

Fisheries committee  I'm happy to do so. We're very keen on developing a coordinated all-hazard response plan that addresses oil and other hazardous substances. One of the things the Zim Kingston has shown us is that there is a big need for an all-hazard response plan to address more than just marine

Fisheries committee  I'm not familiar with that program off the top of my head, but I can certainly look into that, if that's useful.

Fisheries committee  That is a fabulous question. As I'm sure you're aware, doing new collaborations and putting out funding is way above my station as a civil servant. We can definitely look into that and take it up through the relevant areas. We're always looking to collaborate with the federal gov

Fisheries committee  No, from our side, from a provincial side....