Fisheries committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm a little concerned, and I want to direct my questions around some of the testimony we've heard with respect to the approach of the department to science, and their objective of conservation and the sustainability of stocks. I want to start with you, Mr

Fisheries committee  Mr. Finnigan, I had occasion last week to attend an event put on by the Maliseet Nation Conservation Council to kick off the International Year of the Salmon and to talk about some of the things the government is doing. They specifically relate to investments in science. There is

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Minister. I'm pleased to be here with the minister in my role as parliamentary secretary supporting him on various files including North Atlantic right whales and belugas. As the minister has indicated, our government has made significant investments that are balanci