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Q-1504
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Thursday, October 1, 2026 |
With regard to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans: (a) under what direct and formal authority did the Department of Fisheries and Oceans authorize the expropriation of historical groundfish quotas from individual license holders and allocate them to groundfish management boards based within the Maritimes region, and what are the details, including the dates of all such authorizations; (b) under what authority can these groundfish management boards allocate and transfer groundfish quotas between management boards and other fleets sectors, enforce administrative sanctions, and determine eligibility of existing license holders to access groundfish quotas; (c) what, if any, oversight of these groundfish management boards does the department management apply on an operational basis and what are the details of the minutes of meetings with the councils and the department; (d) under what authority does the Department of Fisheries and Oceans enforcement delegate their enforcement responsibilities under the Fisheries Act to the Maritimes region-based Groundfish Community Management Boards; (e) to whom are the Groundfish Community Management Boards legally accountable to for their actions, including transparency, consultations and external audits of their activities; (f) what is the difference of intent and operation of these Groundfish Community Management Boards versus previous corporate "Controlling Agreements" that the 2019 amended Fisheries Act was intended to abolish; and (g) what are the details, including the findings, of any internal reviews that the department has done that demonstrate that this method of delegated fishery management is working, complies with the Act, and is monitored by the department? |
Awaiting response |
Wednesday, November 18, 2026 |
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Q-1503
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Thursday, October 1, 2026 |
With regard to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans: (a) why is the Department of Fisheries and Oceans excluding members of the Canadian fishery, such as Canadian offshore fisheries vessel owners, operators, and members of previous Canadian fisheries delegations, from participating in Canadian Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization delegations without any prior notice or rationale; (b) what qualifications are applied in determining who can participate as a member of the Canadian delegation during Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization deliberations; (c) is the government looking or intending to reinstate the participation of previous industry members to the Canadian delegation representing the fishery sector in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization; (d) has the government conferred with, or provided the opportunity for, all Canadian offshore fishery operators to discuss uncaught reallocations of Canadian Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization quotas before determining which allocations are surplus to Canadian needs; (e) what is the circumstance and rationale for the reallocation of Canadian Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization quotas being labelled as confidential; (f) what are the details, including quota amounts, of every reallocation marked confidential at the last Canadian Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization quotas negotiation; and (g) is the application of the term confidential applied to all Canadian Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization allocations or just those that involve specific Canadian fishing entities? |
Awaiting response |
Wednesday, November 18, 2026 |
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Q-1160
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Wednesday, April 29, 2026 |
With regard to Fisheries and Oceans Canada: (a) between March 15, 2026, and April 15, 2026, how many Fisheries and Oceans Canada mandated, authorized or chartered flights were flown over ice flows in Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization areas 2GHJ, 3K and 4RST; (b) what were the date and flight path of each such flight; (c) what observations of seals were made on each flight, including the species, numbers and locations; and (d) why is the data in (c) no longer being proactively provided to the sealing industry? |
Answered |
Monday, June 15, 2026 |
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Q-1072
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Wednesday, April 15, 2026 |
With regard to Fisheries and Oceans Canada's publication of the report Four Wind Energy Areas in the Offshore of Nova Scotia: A Description of the Primary Marine Ecosystem Features, Significant and Protected Areas, At-risk and Depleted Species, Fish and Fisheries, Science Surveys, and Other Human Uses that May Occur In and Around the French Bank, Middle Bank, Sable Island Bank, and Sydney Bight Areas, in the Canadian Manuscript Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 3312: (a) why did Fisheries and Oceans Canada issue the production of this report; (b) who requested the report be made; (c) what were the objectives related to producing such a report; (d) what amount of time and human resources were used to generate the report; (e) why was this report not released before the political announcement of Offshore Wind development for the Scotian shelf; (f) why was this report not peer reviewed by other branches within the department, including the Science and Fisheries Management branches; (g) why did the authors use fishing industry data in the report but not consult the fishing industry; (h) why does the report omit analysis of Fisheries and Oceans Canada's Integrated Fisheries Management Plans, Recovery Potential Assessments, or Species at Risk Act required recovery strategies for the variety of species listed as depleted (for example, cod in 4VsW/4Vn, white hake, cusk); and (i) what specific decisions have been made by Fisheries and Oceans Canada where this report was used as a reason or consideration? |
Answered |
Monday, June 1, 2026 |
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Q-921
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Thursday, March 5, 2026 |
With regard to the National Search and Rescue Secretariat: (a) how many and which positions have been cut at the secretariat in the past 12 months, overall and broken down by month, and of those positions, which were cut (i) as part of the Comprehensive Expenditure Review, (ii) outside of the review; (b) how many and which positions does the government plan on cutting in the future at the secretariat as part of the Comprehensive Expenditure Review; (c) what is the annual financial value of the planned spending reductions being implemented at the secretariat as part of the Comprehensive Expenditure Review; (d) have any cuts taken place in the past 12 months, or are any future cuts being planned, at the secretariat outside of those included in the Comprehensive Expenditure Review, and, if so, what are the details, including financial values associated with each cut; and (e) what is the breakdown of (a) and (b) by province or territory? |
Answered |
Wednesday, April 22, 2026 |
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Q-559
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Thursday, November 13, 2025 |
With regard to Fisheries and Oceans Canada's advisory committees: (a) which environmental non-governmental organizations currently have stakeholder status at each of the following stock advisory committees, in all regions, (i) Northern Cod - 2J3KL, (ii) Snow Crab, (iii) Capelin, (iv) Herring, (v) Mackerel, (vi) Greenland Halibut; (b) which environmental non-governmental organizations have had stakeholder status at any point since 2020 at each of the following stock advisory committees, in all regions, (i) Northern Cod - 2J3KL, (ii) Snow Crab, (iii) Capelin, (iv) Herring, (v) Mackerel, (vi) Greenland Halibut; (c) for each organization in (a) and (b), what were the start and end dates of when they had stakeholder status, broken down by committee? |
Answered |
Monday, January 26, 2026 |
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Q-558
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Thursday, November 13, 2025 |
With regard to Fisheries and Oceans Canada: (a) when were the last stock assessments completed for the following species in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization divisions 3L, 3K, 2J, and 2H, (i) Grey Sole, (ii) Redfish, (iii) Greenland Halibut, (iv) Atlantic Halibut, (v) Winter Flounder, (vi) Spotted Wolffish; (b) for each instance in (a), where the last stock assessment was more than a year ago, what are the reasons why there hasn't been a more recent assessment conducted; and (c) when is the next scheduled assessment for each of the species in the specific zones listed above? |
Answered |
Monday, January 26, 2026 |
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Q-557
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Thursday, November 13, 2025 |
With regard to government recognized conservation areas: (a) are areas outside of Canada's 200-mile limit, that are within Canada's continental shelf, eligible to become conservation areas; and (b) if the answer to (a) is affirmative, (i) which areas are currently being analyzed for possible inclusion as a conservation area, (ii) what analysis has been done on each area, (iii) what is the timeline related to any decisions? |
Answered |
Monday, January 26, 2026 |
