Evidence of meeting #120 for Fisheries and Oceans in the 42nd Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was million.
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NDP
Fin Donnelly NDP Port Moody—Coquitlam, BC
Sorry, I hoped you were going to come back with the tariffs and the brokerage fees.
Commissioner of the Canadian Coast Guard, Department of Fisheries and Oceans
When we buy a vessel domestically, we don't pay an import duty on it, so we would show the purchase price contract. By separating these figures out, we can actually make a contract-to-contract comparison on a purchase of a vessel. If we had put those all together, then we'd have a project cost as opposed to a purchase cost, if you will. The other point, which I mentioned earlier, is that out of the $217 million above the contract price, the majority of that money is actually returned to government coffers.
So, is it fairly reflected as a cost of acquiring the ship or not? We'd like to give the cost of acquiring the ship and separate those dollars out. That's what we did.
Commissioner of the Canadian Coast Guard, Department of Fisheries and Oceans
Pardon me? The other two dates?
Commissioner of the Canadian Coast Guard, Department of Fisheries and Oceans
They won't be this year. The first ship will come into service this year, and the other two, I believe, will follow in 2019 and 2020, respectively.
Mr. Ken McDonald (Avalon, Lib.)
Thank you, Mr. Donnelly.
I want to say a special thank you to our guests who have appeared this afternoon. We greatly appreciate your attendance.
Mr. Ken McDonald (Avalon, Lib.)
I know you've been more than co-operative on many occasions here before committee, so again, thank you.
Before we go into committee business, I will call for the votes under supplementary estimates (A).
DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES AND OCEANS Vote 1a—Operating expenditures..........$36,799,816
(Vote 1a agreed to on division)
Vote 5a—Capital expenditures..........$883,499,828
(Vote 5a agreed to on division)
Vote 10a—Grants and contributions..........$57,947,049
(Vote 10a agreed to on division)
Shall I report supplementary estimates (A) 2018-19 to the House?
Mr. Ken McDonald (Avalon, Lib.)
Thank you.
We'll now suspend for a moment while we go into committee business.
Conservative
Mel Arnold Conservative North Okanagan—Shuswap, BC
If I could, Mr. Chair, in recognition of our Coast Guard employees who are here today and of Coast Guard employees right across the country from coast to coast, it is Navy and Coast Guard Day today, so I thank you all for your service, and I'm sure all the committee joins me in this.
[Proceedings continue in camera]