Fisheries committee  That's actually not the understanding that the department has, and the corporation has made it clear to the department that they wish to proceed.

Fisheries committee  Mr. Donnelly, I may turn to our CFO to give you a bit of a breakdown.

Fisheries committee  I'll ask Mario.

Fisheries committee  Are you talking about the Arctic surf clam?

Fisheries committee  Unfortunately I don't have a particular number. We'll get back to you if there's information.

Fisheries committee  Thank you for the question. Our job was to review all of the applications. We actually received nine. The department deemed that two were ineligible, so there were the remaining seven. We assessed those seven against criteria, direct benefits—

Fisheries committee  Sure.

Fisheries committee  Our job was to present the minister...do the memorandum, with options for his selection.

Fisheries committee  With respect to a decision docket that comes through, very often any docket can receive additional instructions. Dockets are the advice from departments to ministers, and it's typical that there can be incremental instructions.

Fisheries committee  I was not aware of any family connections.

Fisheries committee  In terms of a personal connection, I was not aware, and I would say that our department was not aware. Sorry, can I ask you to go back? I don't want to miss any elements of that.

Fisheries committee  We focus on the ethical screen that a minister would have set up through the Ethics Commissioner, and it is related to the J.D. Irving screen. We do not look at considerations over and above those formal screens put in place.

Fisheries committee  Yes, that's correct.

Fisheries committee  Correct. That's the intent.

Fisheries committee  Thank you very much for the question. This year, the rollout of the oceans protection plan is going to be a huge focus for the department. I also referenced in my opening remarks some of the contribution funding that will go to many of our third parties through restoration proje