Fisheries committee  Thank you very much for the question. The allocation through the last budget was a tremendous investment, and the work is going on. I will turn to Sylvie Lapointe, our assistant deputy minister, who has that detail. I would say very soon. A lot of the initial work in potential p

Fisheries committee  Good morning, Madam Chair. It's a real pleasure to be here with you to discuss the main estimates for 2018-19, which were tabled in mid-April. Madam Chair, you have introduced our party, so I will skip that and save a little bit of time for the committee. To begin with, I want

Fisheries committee  Mr. Chair, thank you very much for the question on CAST. It is a very important research entity on the east coast. We work well with them. Most recently, we've been working with indigenous communities with CAST. We are working quite well together. We're delighted with the progres

Fisheries committee  It would be a pleasure.

Fisheries committee  Thank you very much for the question. I'm actually delighted to have a chance to give the committee more detail. As one of the processes that all departments are able to take advantage of, we have an external audit committee. I met with them last week and walked them through the

Fisheries committee  I actually remember questions from my last appearance. They weren't ones that required an answer from me, but they were how comfortable we were feeling, what the direction was , and how stretched we were feeling. As to the investment results we're seeing, at the date of that app

Fisheries committee  I'd like to get more information on that, if that's okay.

Fisheries committee  Yes. Does that work?

Fisheries committee  Jean began to provide an answer in a previous comment around the triggers, so, Jean, maybe you want to elaborate on that.

Fisheries committee  That's 10% by 2020.

Fisheries committee  We are very focused on achieving our marine conservation targets. I think you had a session the other day and heard about where we're going in terms of our 5% and 10%. I wouldn't presume to know where the Government of Canada will go in terms of that broader target. It's a ro

Fisheries committee  We do not have a concern about a stock collapsing again.

Fisheries committee  We have stock in the critical zone. I'll turn to Jean, who is nervously looking at me about what I might say about that. Go ahead, Jean.

Fisheries committee  It's yes, with a caveat. I just want to say, though, that I read the committee's discussions with Commissioner Gelfand, and I think you asked her whether it was a matter of mismanagement or not enough money. I want to pause on that, because we are a massive, decentralized depa

Fisheries committee  Okay. I'd be delighted to—