Review the changes to the *Fisheries Act* and *Navigable Waters Protection Act*.

What success looks like

Restore lost protections and incorporate modern safeguards into the revised *Fisheries Act* and *Navigation Protection Act* to better protect Canada's environment for future generations, advance reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples, and get resources to market.

Government's narrative on progress

In February 2018, the government introduced legislation to restore lost protections and incorporate modern safeguards into the *Fisheries Act* and the *Navigation Protection Act*. The proposed legislative, regulatory and policy measures were informed by a federal discussion paper, parliamentary studies, and almost two years of consultations with Indigenous peoples, industry, provinces and territories, non-governmental organizations, academia and the public. The government will invest up to $284.2 million over five years to support restoring lost protections to fish and fish habitat and incorporating modern safeguards under the *Fisheries Act* and up to $76.5 million over five years to support restoring lost protections for the public right of navigation and incorporating modern safeguards under the proposed *Canadian Navigable Waters Act*. In June 2018, the House of Commons referred both pieces of proposed legislation to the Senate for review. The two Bills (C-68 and C-69) passed the Second Reading in the Senate in December 2018, and have been referred to their respective Senate Standing Committees. The Senate Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans is beginning its study of Bill C-68 in April 2019.

Note: this is the government's own description, not an independent assessment.