Environment Committee on Oct. 31st, 2023

Evidence of meeting #81 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 back.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Freshwater
Committee Business

MPs speaking

Francis Scarpaleggia
Branden Leslie
Adam van Koeverden
Shafqat Ali
Monique Pauzé
Taylor Bachrach
Michael Kram
Dan Mazier
Leah Taylor Roy
Lloyd Longfield
Gérard Deltell
Sophie Chatel

Also speaking

Daniel Wolfish  Acting Assistant Deputy Minister, Canada Water Agency, Department of the Environment
Caroline Blais  Director, Forest Products and Fisheries Act, Department of the Environment
Cecile Siewe  Director General, Industrial Sectors and Chemicals Directorate, Department of the Environment
Arash Shahsavarani  Director, Water Quality Monitoring and Surveillance Division, Department of the Environment
Kate Ladell  Director General, Ecosystems Management, Department of Fisheries and Oceans
Hilary Oakman  Acting Regional Director, Aquatic Ecosystems, Ontario and Prairie Region, Department of Fisheries and Oceans
David Harper  Director General, Monitoring and Data Services Directorate, Department of the Environment

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Director General, Monitoring and Data Services Directorate, Department of the Environment

David Harper

Yes.

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Liberal

Lloyd Longfield Liberal Guelph, ON

Okay.

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

October 31st, 2023 / 11:50 a.m.

Acting Assistant Deputy Minister, Canada Water Agency, Department of the Environment

Daniel Wolfish

Can I add a last piece here?

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Liberal

Lloyd Longfield Liberal Guelph, ON

Yes.

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Acting Assistant Deputy Minister, Canada Water Agency, Department of the Environment

Daniel Wolfish

There is an agreement. It's the master agreement on apportionment via the Prairie Provinces Water Board. The Canada water agency houses the secretariat and helps chair the discussions. That helps the discussions around the apportionment of water through the basin across the three provinces.

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Liberal

Lloyd Longfield Liberal Guelph, ON

Thank you very much.

Thank you, Mr. Chair, for giving me 23 extra seconds.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Francis Scarpaleggia

Thank you, Mr. Longfield, for those questions.

We're essentially at the end of our first hour. I was hoping we'd get two rounds in, but we only got one complete round in, which isn't bad.

We're now going to break to switch to in camera, but I want to thank the witnesses for making themselves available on two occasions to answer questions. They were good questions from all parties, I thought. I want to thank everyone here and online for making themselves available today, in addition to last Tuesday.

With that, I'm going to—

Go ahead, Madame Pauzé.

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Bloc

Monique Pauzé Bloc Repentigny, QC

Have we come to my turn?

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Francis Scarpaleggia

No. We just finished the first round of speakers with Mr. Longfield. We were about to start the second round. It's not worth it because there's only one minute left.

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Bloc

Monique Pauzé Bloc Repentigny, QC

Would the second round have been two times five minutes and two times two and a half minutes?

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Francis Scarpaleggia

Yes.

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Liberal

Shafqat Ali Liberal Brampton Centre, ON

There's no translation.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Francis Scarpaleggia

Okay.

With that, I will suspend, because it is noon. That's what the agenda calls for.

Thank you again for being here. We hope to see you again in the not-too-distant future.

[Proceedings continue in camera]