Fisheries committee  We're going to do our best.

Fisheries committee  Thank you very much for the question, and thanks very much for your work with the department as we continue to look into the prevalence of the species. Sylvie would have the answer in terms of the reference levels and the impact on other species.

Fisheries committee  Thank you very much. I'm going to turn to Kevin Stringer, who is smiling at your question.

Fisheries committee  I just want to back you up in terms of that. The department actually has not given a licence yet.

Fisheries committee  Again—

Fisheries committee  I'm not sure that's a yes or no question.

Fisheries committee  Thank you very much for that question. I really appreciate that. The investment has really been substantial for the department over the last two budgets, and it's making a big impact in our department. I might just talk about some of what we call—

Fisheries committee  —the integrity funding. We're starting to be able to reinvest in some of the infrastructure, the actual labs. There's the human resource side: hiring the new scientists. We brought on 135 new scientists. Also we're actually being able to shore up the real property—the wharfs, the

Fisheries committee  As Sylvie mentioned, it's been B-base funding. I'll turn to Sylvie for the specifics on that.

Fisheries committee  Actually, I should say that aquaculture on the west coast does warrant a lot of our attention. Late last night I spoke with the deputy minister from British Columbia because we're trying to work collaboratively with the provinces as they work their way through aquaculture. On t

Fisheries committee  I might touch on a first part of it. One of the things that has been interesting, through the science part of the department is that we really have been looking at the fate and behaviour of oil in water. Actually, our science folks let us know yesterday that Canada is participati

Fisheries committee  In the responses that we've seen through science—and we'd actually be very happy to provide you with that work—we're not seeing, as I recall, characteristics of that substance very different from other substances. Some of the science work is ongoing and, as I say, Canada is leadi

Fisheries committee  Thank you very much for the question. Philippe?

Fisheries committee  Mr. Doherty, as you would know, in regard to the job of the department, we went through all the proposals that we got through an expression of interest, and the intent certainly was, as you point out, to ensure that the benefits of a fishery would go to indigenous Canadians. We p

Fisheries committee  Let me perhaps put a finer point on it. It was to explicitly include indigenous Canadians as the primary beneficiary. I didn't mean to slight a previous process. We do our best all the time to make sure that we consult, to the extent we can, with the indigenous partners, governme