Yes.
Evidence of meeting #66 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 process.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Evidence of meeting #66 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 process.
A recording is available from Parliament.
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Prof. Mark Carr
Yes.
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Conservative
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Prof. Mark Carr
They were meant to be representatives of as many groups as possible that had a vested interest in ocean activities, so there were various recreational and commercial fisheries.
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Prof. Mark Carr
Sorry?
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Conservative
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Prof. Mark Carr
Oh, yes. There were first nation representatives, some of the state and federal agencies that had responsibility for managing marine ecosystems, conservation groups, NGOs, and non-governmental conservation organizations. They crafted it by making groups, with each of those different interests represented in a group. Then they had multiple groups within each of the regions of the coast, and each of those groups generated their own design of a network. They got into it, as to who had the coolest network design that met the guidelines, but also was amenable to the various stakeholder interests.
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Conservative
Mel Arnold Conservative North Okanagan—Shuswap, BC
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I have a question for both of you.
The indications are that this government may try to speed up the process of establishing the MPAs here in Canada, possibly to as little as 18 months. Can proper consultation and consideration take place in 18 months with all of the groups and stakeholders?
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Vice-President, Corporate Affairs and Country Manager - Canada, Woodfibre LNG Ltd
With respect to what happened in California, the short answer is that we have to layer on the fact that our indigenous peoples are recognized in the constitution and we just can't treat them as another stakeholder. We have to start there, so that's going to add time.
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Conservative
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Prof. Mark Carr
It sounds tight. Eighteen months sounds like a short period of time, but it just depends on the capacity of the planning process to bring those people together—how quickly and how frequently you can come to some level of consensus in what you generate.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Scott Simms
Thank you, Mr. Arnold. Thank you, colleagues.
I want to thank our guests for some great information and advice, and certainly some clear instruction as to how we should proceed. We take it very well.
Thank you.
I want to thank Byng Giraud and Dr. Carr. Thank you for travelling the distance you have. I understand that you have other events too, but we certainly appreciate your being here for our study.
Colleagues, we're going to suspend for just a minute or so and then we'll get to committee business.
Thank you again to our witnesses.
[Proceedings continue in camera]
