Fisheries committee  Thank you. The problem statement that was given to us was on loss of protections and modern safeguards. What we wanted to articulate was that protections, in some cases, had been enhanced, even if they were more onerous on our industry. We wanted to send that confidence vote th

Fisheries committee  Yes. The answer from the CEA would be that, yes, we were consulted. Because of the very strong relationship we've had with the DFO, we've been consulted with for all the changes that have occurred over the last number of years.

Fisheries committee  I would welcome that question. Thank you very much. Since 2012, CHA but especially my company, OPG, has not experienced that. We have experienced more regulatory interaction with DFO around Fisheries Act authorizations. Requests for reviews are the big ones, so in this feeling o

Fisheries committee  I think the field of fish passage is an interesting one. To answer the question that came up earlier about the fish passage facilities at hydroelectric dams, I think in an anadromous sense, where you have saltwater fish returning to fresh water, we're much more often seeing fis

Fisheries committee  It's a great question. I believe that the one-window service approach implemented through the new Fisheries Act was something that held great promise for our industry, whereby you weren't necessarily calling your certain bio that you worked with well; it was going into the triage

Fisheries committee  Thank you. It's a great question. The fundamental questions around passage always have to do with the nature of the high head, so it's “Was there passage there prior to the establishment of the dam?” If there was, now that we are in the regulatory regime that we are, I think our

Fisheries committee  Can I ask for a point of clarification? Are you asking specifically about mercury contamination?

Fisheries committee  I'm happy to try to answer that question for you, not considering the specific site that you're speaking of. I think one of the foremost mitigation measures for mercury contamination in large reservoirs—we're not building a lot of them anymore, but in the event that we do—is harv

Fisheries committee  Thank you. Just to add to that, this is actually a core concern for us and is also something that we want to continue to see established through habitat banking. The idea of ad hoc uncoordinated efforts—like for like—oftentimes fails in terms of expectations—

Fisheries committee  —and quite often when we're monitoring, we're seeing those expectations come back. On the idea of larger initiatives that are often more well established and more broadly supported by conservation authorities and by provincial governments, again, those are largely accepted by o

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Jacob. Good afternoon, Mr. Chair, vice-chairs, and committee members. As Mr. Irving has said, it is important that the public trusts the effectiveness of the processes that safeguard Canadian fisheries. With regard to this, we welcome the opportunity to put our views