On a drizzly spring day in 2018, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau strolled along the shores of Vancouver Island, filming a video promoting the Oceans Protection Plan, touted by his government as 'the largest investment ever made to protect Canada's coasts and waterways while growing our economy' (Transport Canada, 2020, n.p.). 1 Trudeau was accompanied by Kate Moran, president of a federally funded research institute and non-profit society called Ocean Networks Canada (ONC). In their recorded exchange, Trudeau explained that the Oceans Protection Plan, grounded in science and partnerships with First Nations, is a 'world class' effort to protect the marine environment. In response, Moran assured