Fisheries committee  Madame Desbiens, I'll do my best to answer your question. I apologize. I was on the wrong toggle when you first started, so I only got the back half of your question in translation. I take it that it was about communication and how the $5 billion would be invested—using this as a

Fisheries committee  Ms. May, prior to my role with the Pacific Salmon Foundation, I spent more than 25 years with DFO's habitat program. Some of the work I did was national in scope. The short answer to your question is that there is almost no traction to the ideas in the flood-plains-by-design appr

Fisheries committee  Without getting into a deep academic exercise, because I'm sure that's not what you're looking for, broadly, it's important to recognize that the flood will have had some negative effects. It will also have had some positive effects, if flooding is a natural thing, even though th

Fisheries committee  Mr. Hardie, there are people. There's a DFO office that's reasonably well-staffed here. Specifically, with regard to the response to this flood, my take is that the provincial and federal fisheries organizations were not prepared. They were not resourced to be prepared. They ha

Fisheries committee  It is, without question, Mr. Arnold. One point that I would emphasize is that a lot of attention went to the flooding and flood effects in the Fraser Valley area, but as Mr. McNeil noted, it was also significant at the Coquihalla, as well as on the other side of the mountain rang

Fisheries committee  Fish and fish habitat have specifically not been well studied. It's been ad hoc and piecemeal at best. As an example, about 10 days ago the first overflight of the Nicola-Coldwater area was undertaken to look for potential urgent or significant problems for fish and fish habitat.

Fisheries committee  Good morning, everyone, and thank you for inviting me to appear today. My name is Jason Hwang. I'm the vice-president for salmon programs with the Pacific Salmon Foundation. I'm coming to you today from Kamloops, the traditional territory of the Tk’emlúps te Secwe̓pemc people.

Fisheries committee  “Confidence” is a strong word, Mr. Johns. I don't think I would choose that one. I would say “hope”. I think it's a good signal. I think it is a complicated issue, as others have spoken of. The communities and the people affected are very important in terms of the transition. U

Fisheries committee  Mr. Cormier, I'll just see if one of the other witnesses would like to start. I've used a lot of airtime here today and I think I've cut everybody off.

Fisheries committee  It's a provocative one for sure. It's a polarizing issue, and it's a difficult one. I think the evidence demonstrates that there is significant predation. At heart, I'm an ecologist. Salmon, pinnipeds, predators and competitors have lived together since—to use a first nations ter

Fisheries committee  I can give a brief response from the PSF side. We've been moving it forward along the lines that I spoke to. Some of the studies that we did were partly identifying the degree of predation from pinnipeds on juveniles and adults. We are carrying on with studies now trying to und

Fisheries committee  The main recommendation that I think we could borrow from is that they have a plan, so when new money comes in, they don't say, “Hmm. What are the priorities?” They can go to a plan that has been developed, a plan that has included their indigenous peoples, their technical people

Fisheries committee  Sure, Mr. Johns. Thank you for the question. I'll do my best to be brief. The idea of the secretariat is positive and enticing, but it will depend on the details. I think it will help within DFO if they can reorganize around the idea of supporting salmon recovery and sustaina

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Madame Gill. I'll refer to my opening testimony: no, we were not. We're hopeful, but we don't know any detail at this point.

Fisheries committee  I believe we have a very strong body of science that can guide us well. Much of it is in play now, but there's more to do. PSF is currently undertaking a hatchery effectiveness study, as funded by the B.C. salmon restoration and innovation fund. We will hopefully have some find