Environment committee  First of all, I think it's imperative that we have clear targets. I guess I would like to clarify what I mean by a target. I heard about Parks Canada suggesting that there are conservation strategies, priorities, etc. That is absolutely correct, and management plans include pro

Environment committee  That's right. To take a ship out for a day costs $30,000. You do the math.

Environment committee  Thank you for the question. I think monitoring is going to be a major task that we are not actually thinking about right now. We are just trying to draw those boxes. There has to be some research done on how to do it efficiently. There could be economies of scale. For example,

Environment committee  Absolutely.

Environment committee  I will not pretend to understand how the government works. I'm a scientist. I do not know how—

Environment committee  I'm hoping you can tell me how the government works. I can give you a different example that is from the area in which I was involved this year, a fisheries closure under the sensitive benthic areas plan. I came off the ship in July 2014 with data, which I presented to DFO in t

Environment committee  Thank you, Madam Chair and members of the committee, for the invitation to speak before you as part of your study. I have been conducting fundamental research that relates directly to key principles used in the design of marine protected areas—in particular, connectivity—as wel