Finance committee  I'll take one specific example, Mr. Chair. In terms of the Canadian shellfish sanitation program, which I mentioned previously, let's say that today we had more than 80 millimetres of rain. Because Environment Canada doesn't have weather monitoring stations throughout coastal N

Finance committee  I'm quite familiar with small craft harbours; it's a passion of mine. I served on municipal council a few years ago, and we were trying to lobby to have a small craft harbours establishment established in my town of Holyrood. One of the biggest issues is that the federal governm

Finance committee  Thank you for a great question. I'll take my time. I tend to speak fast. May I speak English?

Finance committee  Basically, we don't support GMOs in Newfoundland and Labrador, and the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance, based in Ottawa and of which we're a member, doesn't endorse GMOs. There is no genetically modified salmon operator within that organization to date. Just recently, as

Finance committee  That's another great question, and without controversy, I'm sure. In Newfoundland and Labrador, we have had interbreeding with wild and farmed salmon. We've worked with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and independent scientists. We have provided genetic material so that w

Finance committee  Thank you. That's a great question. I'm very familiar with British Columbia as well. I served a number of years out there with the military and I also worked out there as a salmon farmer. I'll go back to the cod moratorium. We've seen hard times because of the fishery, before

Finance committee  We have both. As farmers of the sea, every one of our Atlantic salmon—which seems to be the most contentious from coast to coast, so just taking that one particular species, for example—that enters our oceans in net pen aquaculture for grow-out spends the first 18 months of its l

Finance committee  My goodness, that's a very broad question. I wouldn't be able to put a number on that specifically. I think the investment in small craft harbours in Newfoundland is upwards now of $25 million to $30 million. It certainly could be doubled, I'm sure, if you asked people, but real

Finance committee  I don't think we have. What does ISED stand for?

Finance committee  Right. When you say “made an application”, do you mean to a specific program?

Finance committee  They're not great. I live in a community called Holyrood, population 3,000. It's about 40 kilometres west of St. John's. You can only get cellphone coverage in one area of the town. We have high-speed of course but realistically, within the outer metro area of St. John's, we sti

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you to the committee for the opportunity. I provided the clerk with a copy of the paper that I'll touch upon today, which is on collaborating to accelerate sustainable growth in the aquaculture sector in this province. This document has been a colla