Evidence of meeting #11 for Fisheries and Oceans in the 43rd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was season.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Bloc
Maxime Blanchette-Joncas Bloc Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques, QC
Mr. Chair, I just want to take a minute to validate the information from my side, please.
Liberal
Terry Beech Liberal Burnaby North—Seymour, BC
Mr. Chair, could we have the motion read one last time, please?
Liberal
Conservative
Mel Arnold Conservative North Okanagan—Shuswap, BC
Certainly. I'll read it slowly so it can be translated well.
I move:
That the committee adopt testimony from fisheries representatives received by the Standing Committee on Finance in the first half of their May 7, 2020 meeting so that the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans may consider that testimony as the committee studies the Impacts of COVID-19 on Fishing Industry Stakeholders.
Liberal
The Clerk
I'm sorry, but it has to be a recorded vote.
(Motion agreed to: yeas 11; nays 0 [See Minutes of Proceedings])
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Ken McDonald
Now that we have that out of the way, I just want to talk about proposed dates for committee meetings. I know the committee decided to have two meetings in July and two in August. I took the time to send out some dates to several members.
Mr. Arnold, I think my office was in touch with your office.
The dates that were proposed for our two meetings in July were Tuesday, July 21, and Thursday, July 23. In August, the proposed dates were Tuesday, August 11, and Thursday, August 13. This coincides with our virtual Parliament schedule.
Are all members okay with those dates? Hearing no opposition to it, we'll say those are the dates.
The only thing we have to do now is to look at what's going to be studied by the committee on those particular dates. There was a suggestion a couple of weeks ago that we go back to Pacific salmon in July for two meetings.
Is it okay with everyone if we revisit Pacific salmon for the two meetings in July?
Conservative
Mel Arnold Conservative North Okanagan—Shuswap, BC
Mr. Chair, I believe the Big Bar study was scheduled for two meetings. We have had one meeting with the minister on that. Would one more meeting finish that off?
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Ken McDonald
I think it would, but then Pacific salmon and the Big Bar are tied together a lot, so I don't know if we want to talk about the Big Bar while we're looking at Pacific salmon, and if that would tie it into it. We would fit it in that way and dedicate two meetings to examining both those topics in July.
Mr. Hardie.
Liberal
Ken Hardie Liberal Fleetwood—Port Kells, BC
Was there an expectation that there would be some kind of report, interim or otherwise, on the Big Bar?
NDP
Gord Johns NDP Courtenay—Alberni, BC
I would expect there should be something that comes out of it. I think we should have one meeting on Big Bar, like Mr. Arnold suggested, so we can wrap it up and get those recommendations set. That would be my thought.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Ken McDonald
Okay, what do you say if we say July 21 would be Big Bar and July 23 would be Pacific salmon? Is everybody okay with that?
Does anyone have any preference for the two meetings in August?
Bloc
Maxime Blanchette-Joncas Bloc Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques, QC
Mr. Chair, we would have preferred August 18 and August 20.
The Clerk
If I can add, Mr. Chair, the dates of the meetings are not going to be decided by the committee. They will be suggested by the committee, but in the end the whips will agree on the calendar and on the dates.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Ken McDonald
Okay. I think we'll finalize the dates when the whips get together and talk about which committee is meeting when. We're suggesting that we go with the dates proposed.
Perhaps, Mr. Blanchette-Joncas, you could ask your whip to make representation that the dates be those you mentioned, and we'll see where that goes.
Again, does anybody have any preference for this topic for the two meetings in August?
Mr. Hardie.
Liberal
Ken Hardie Liberal Fleetwood—Port Kells, BC
We could continue with the Pacific salmon, obviously, and get some wheels under that.
Conservative
Mel Arnold Conservative North Okanagan—Shuswap, BC
Could we consult with our groups first and then get back to you or through the clerk to determine August?
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Ken McDonald
Yes, we can for August. We have the ones in July done We can certainly communicate with each other and go back over it in the next little while to see what we can decide on those. We can do that by email if everyone is in agreement.
Seeing no opposition, that's the way we'll do it.
All right. Again, thank you, everyone. We have a little bit of a break from committee now, a week or two before we start the meetings in July, a couple of weeks actually. Enjoy your time over the next two or three weeks. I'd like to say I'm going to miss you all for that length of time, but I won't.
I hope you all stay safe and healthy and I hope to see you all back on July 21 for our committee meeting.
We are adjourned.