Yes.
Evidence of meeting #75 for Environment and Sustainable Development in the 44th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was dfo.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Evidence of meeting #75 for Environment and Sustainable Development in the 44th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was dfo.
A recording is available from Parliament.
12:30 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Francis Scarpaleggia
Does anyone else wish to speak to Mr. Longfield’s amendment, which includes the friendly amendment that was proposed?
Seeing no one, we will proceed to the vote.
(Motion agreed to: yeas 11; nays 0)
12:30 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Francis Scarpaleggia
This should be the final vote, unless someone proposes an amendment. Can we now vote on the motion as amended by the amendments of Mr. Longfield and many others?
It reads as follows:
That the committee undertake a three-meeting study on tidal power projects in Atlantic Canada pursuant to Standing Order 108(2); that the committee examine the primary factors in decisions related to these capital investments, including the regulatory landscape; that the committee invite relevant federal officials, tidal power industry representatives, fisheries representatives, indigenous representatives, and provincial government representatives and that, pursuant to Standing Order 109, the government table a comprehensive response to the report.
After “including the regulatory landscape—”
12:30 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Francis Scarpaleggia
It should be “and including, but not limited to, the Sustainable Marine Energy project”.
That's how it reads.
Can we have a vote?
(Motion agreed to: yeas 11; nays 0)
12:30 p.m.
Liberal
Lloyd Longfield Liberal Guelph, ON
Okay. I would like to get us to the end of the clean tech study sometime very soon. We are on version two. I know we have some new members around the table. I don't want to take too much committee time, because I would like to get to that, so maybe we can go back in camera to finish that.
I have circulated a motion for us to do travel to the Kearl project as well as to Fort Chipewyan, so that we can instruct the clerk to get a cost in front of us that we can propose before the November 10 deadline. I've circulated that motion through the clerk, and I wonder if we could have that motion on the floor and hopefully get to a vote on that soon.
12:30 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Francis Scarpaleggia
I have it. I can read it for you if you'd like.
That the committee book travel to Fort McMurray and Fort Chipewyan to witness the environmental damage caused by the Kearl tailings pond leak. That the committee and its analysts use the evidence gathered on this expedition to be part of the study on fresh water and any future study on the tailings ponds leaks. I move that the clerk of the committee be empowered to draft a travel budget and present it to committee, and that the committee review this travel budget no later than October 18.
Does anyone have any comments?
12:35 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Francis Scarpaleggia
October 18 is a Wednesday. We could adopt the budget next week, and then send it to the Liaison Committee. The motion calls for us to approve the budget by October 18, so we could do that on Tuesday, October 17.
12:35 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Francis Scarpaleggia
Yes. I would point out that the deadline for submitting this to the Liaison Committee is November 10.
So, shall the motion carry?
(Motion is carried.)
12:35 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Francis Scarpaleggia
Mr. Longfield, the adoption of your motion will help us greatly in our endeavours.
Normally, we would now continue our study of the draft report in camera. However, I have a technical point to make: it will be 10 to 15 minutes before we can go in camera, and it’s already 12:40. Could we adjourn instead, and resume our discussion of the report on our clean energy study in camera on Thursday?
Everyone seems to agree. The meeting is therefore adjourned.