Budget 2018

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https://www.budget.gc.ca/2018/docs/plan/budget-2018-en.pdf

Major Science Investments

Canada’s world-class federal science supports evidencebased
decision-making, which improves our quality of life, our
economy and our future prosperity. This Government has made
significant federal science investments since it took office to
ensure that Canada remains a global leader in research and
innovation, especially in critical areas like the environment. This
includes:

• $100 million to support agricultural science research and
innovation, with a focus on addressing emerging priorities,
such as climate change and soil and water conservation.

• $139 million over five years to federal laboratories and
other federal assets to advance science, research and
innovation.

• Approximately $500 million over six years for oceans and
freshwater science.

Renewing Canada’s Network of Small Craft Harbours

Safe and accessible small craft harbours are essential to Canada’s fisheries
industry as well as its coastal communities. Expanding fisheries operations and
the increasing size of fishing vessels require deeper and wider harbours. Budget
2018 proposes to provide $250 million on a cash basis over two years, starting in
2018–19, to Fisheries and Oceans Canada to renew its network of small craft
harbours and work with municipalities where investments and divestitures can
enhance local communities. Budget 2018 investments allow the Government
to support, for example:

• Building additional berthing space to help address overcrowding in
Charlottetown in Southern Labrador.

• Extending the seawall to protect the fisheries industry from the full force
of waves at the entrance of the harbour in Sainte-Thérèse-de Gaspé,
Quebec.

• Rehabilitating the east and west piers of Port Dalhousie in St.
Catharines, Ontario.

• Making improvements to enhance the safety of moorage facilities for the
fisheries industry and other harbour users in Port Hardy and Powell River in
British Columbia.

Protecting Marine Life

Whales are vital to healthy marine ecosystems, and an important part of
eco-tourism in Canada’s Pacific and Atlantic coastal regions, and in the
St. Lawrence Estuary.

A complex mix of threats—such as the availability of prey, increased noise
levels from passing ships and pollution in the water—are endangering many
whale populations, notably the southern resident killer whale, the North
Atlantic right whale and the St. Lawrence Estuary beluga.

To better protect, preserve and recover endangered whale species in
Canada, the Government proposes to make available $167.4 million over
five years, starting in 2018–19, to Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Transport
Canada and Environment and Climate Change Canada. This includes
funding for research to help us better understand the factors affecting the
health of these whales, as well as actions that we can take now to help
address threats arising from human activities.

Sustainable Aquaculture Program

Funding proposed for Fisheries and Oceans Canada to renew the Sustainable Aquaculture Program for two
years in support of an improved regulatory system. This funding will continue to support regulatory aquaculture
science, work related to regulatory reform and governance, and public reporting on the environmental and
economic performance of Canada's aquaculture sector.
 
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