Public Accounts committee  It wasn't necessarily that they weren't capable of doing it two years ago. The questions were, what was our priority, what did we want to build first and what was the best place to do it? We needed to get moving with the multi-purpose vessels while a procurement decision was bein

Public Accounts committee  Okay. We expect both of them to be delivered around the same time, which is towards the end of this decade.

Public Accounts committee  Sure. I'm happy to take that one on. Yes, they're going to use the same basic design for the polar icebreaker, so they'll essentially look the same, which is not to say there won't be some detailed changes in design.

Public Accounts committee  Good morning and good afternoon, everyone. Thanks for the introduction. I'm pleased to be here to address the Auditor General's report on the national shipbuilding strategy. I'm here with Mr. Andy Smith, who is the deputy commissioner of shipbuilding and materiel, and my colleag

Fisheries committee  Sure. It's very much going to vary stock by stock. In some stocks, fishing activity significantly affects the population, and for other stocks the impact is much reduced. Certainly our science activity is continuing. It's been a little slower to get it going this year, obviously,

Fisheries committee  I'm going to turn it over to Jean-Guy Forgeron.

Fisheries committee  We're well aware that transparency is very much lacking in this area. We do need to do more work to establish the actual beneficial ownership of these licences. As Jean-Guy said, we've launched policy work that will very much focus on that, as well as on other issues of foreign o

Fisheries committee  I know that Nova Scotia, for instance, is looking at its loan program, but of course the provinces are in a much more difficult fiscal position than the federal government and have been very much looking to the federal government. We do have a series of programs already with the

Fisheries committee  Yes, that is correct.

Fisheries committee  I have nothing to add to that, Minister.

Fisheries committee  We don't have confirmation. I know there were suspected cases, one instance in Quebec, but I don't know if that case was actually confirmed.

Fisheries committee  We'd be very happy to follow up. We want to make sure our communications are clear.

Fisheries committee  We're busy compiling the risk assessments right now in order to support that particular announcement. We're not ready to make it yet, but that's certainly the date we're working toward.

Fisheries committee  No, we don't, but we'd be happy to get back to you after I've asked a few questions.

Fisheries committee  No, except to say that storage capacity varies quite a bit across the region. For instance, in New Brunswick, there is more of a shortage. As the minister said, the funds are to build new capacity if necessary, but the funds can also be used for a variety of other things. It's