Fisheries committee  There is a very structured benefits plan as part of the Kiewit contract, and every time we have increased the Kiewit contract, we have also looked at that benefits plan, and we're monitoring it very closely. We can certainly follow up if you're hearing those kinds of things. We h

Fisheries committee  I can answer that, Mr. Chair. In this case, the fact that the Big Bar location is so remote has actually worked in our favour, unlike other things that we've been trying to do out there. The actual project has been able to continue despite the pandemic. Kiewit has done an excell

Fisheries committee  In terms of the cost, as you know, we presented to the [Technical difficulty—Editor] back in March. We anticipated to spend approximately $45 million by the May time frame on Big Bar, and we've actually stayed very close to within that range. The contractor [Technical difficulty

Fisheries committee  The project is monitored very closely by us and by some of our partners at PSPC. We continue to make sure that all of the safety measures are in place and to monitor it very closely.

Fisheries committee  Is the question specifically about salmon?

Fisheries committee  I don't think we're in a position to say what the total cost is at this point, because it's evolving daily as we go through. We can talk about what we're estimating to spend before the end of this fiscal year, if that's a helpful answer.

Fisheries committee  We're still estimating exactly what the total cost will be to remediate. We're anticipating that the federal portion of the spend by the end of this fiscal year will be in the range of $24 million. That continues to change as we go through our work. That doesn't include the provi

Fisheries committee  I think we're still assessing it. We don't have a number at this point in time.

Fisheries committee  That's based on our estimates, on what we know today.

Fisheries committee  In terms of rock removal, it would be a one-time expense until the rock is removed. We're continuing to monitor. One of the complex things about this is that, as water levels change and as the vendor continues to blow up rock, we learn more and more about the slide in the river a

Fisheries committee  During the summer months, the department did invoke emergency procurement authorities for some of the work we were doing in that July to August time frame. Since then, as we've been doing our planning, we've been working within the PSPC procurement authorities.

Fisheries committee  We continue to estimate the amount of money that it will take to respond to this issue. We have support from our minister to do that. We have funding to continue the work until May, and we're currently reassessing what work needs to happen post-May.

Fisheries committee  Thank you very much. It was an expedited process, but we managed to keep the process as open as possible. We started with a request for information and had 38 respondents. They submitted information. Not all of those respondents submitted full proposals. Some just indicated the

Fisheries committee  Do you want me to come back to it?

Fisheries committee  I think we would have to get back to you on that.