Fisheries committee  Thank you for the question, but I'm not sure if that's really an enforcement question. I run the conservation and protection program, which enforces the laws that the DFO puts in place. It's not my area of responsibility to be changing laws or policies. I'm not sure if any of

Fisheries committee  Thanks, Adam. I can't comment on any ongoing cases. We don't have any concluded cases that I could speak about with you here, so it's tough for me to answer that question and give you any numbers. I am aware that there are allegations and that people believe that there are some

Fisheries committee  Thank you very much for the question. I moved to Fisheries and Oceans from Environment and Climate Change Canada about six months, so this is the first time I've been able to appear at a committee. It's a great pleasure to be here. I've certainly heard the allegations. We discus

Fisheries committee  Yes, they absolutely are. Those are the two acts that are in play, that the conservation and protection program enforces. The offshore and foreign ownership policy that you are referencing guides departmental decision-making. However, providing false and misleading information t

Fisheries committee  I'm not currently aware of any where this is evidence to support pursuing the matter further.

Fisheries committee  I'm aware of the allegations and I'm aware of how we can look at those things to determine whether there are issues. People talk about following the money and about looking at the corporate structure. Those are the types of things taken into consideration when a department is ma

Fisheries committee  As I mention again, the policy you're talking about governs departmental decision-making. The offence would be to provide false and misleading information to the department. That's under the Fisheries Act. If we have cases where there's sufficient evidence to pursue a prosecution