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  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  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 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  One of the things we look at if I—

Fisheries committee  Respectfully, what I would like to expand on is that we look at the science. We look at the access—

Fisheries committee  We look at a number of pieces. In terms of value, there are a number of ways you could break that out, whether you want to push it to science, indigenous access, or commercial value. We're doing our very best to go through a new process.

Fisheries committee  We're going to do our best.