That is correct.
Evidence of meeting #2 for Fisheries and Oceans in the 43rd Parliament, 2nd session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was amendment.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Evidence of meeting #2 for Fisheries and Oceans in the 43rd Parliament, 2nd session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was amendment.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Ken McDonald
Hearing no further discussion, we'll vote on the proposed amendment.
(Amendment agreed to: yeas 11; nays 0 [See Minutes of Proceedings])
The amendment to the motion is adopted.
Hearing no further amendments, can we vote on the motion?
Mr. Johns.
NDP
Gord Johns NDP Courtenay—Alberni, BC
Mr. Chair, I'd like to propose an amendment to the motion, and I hope that Mr. Hardie would agree to it.
Conservative
Mel Arnold Conservative North Okanagan—Shuswap, BC
Mr. Chair, at the opening I did mention I had two amendments. I have the second one ready as well.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Ken McDonald
Yes, you did, Mr. Arnold.
I will get right back to you, Mr. Johns, after Mr. Arnold is finished.
Conservative
Mel Arnold Conservative North Okanagan—Shuswap, BC
Okay, the first one went over fairly smoothly. I hope the second one is just as smooth.
The second amendment is at the end of the motion and reads, “That the Pacific salmon study incorporate the committee's examination and recommendations related to the Big Bar Landslide study undertaken in the first session of the 43rd Parliament in the final report.”
Liberal
Liberal
Ken Hardie Liberal Fleetwood—Port Kells, BC
Yes. If it will speed things up, I'm happy to have that as a friendly amendment so that we don't have to take the time to vote on it, if we can do that.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Ken McDonald
All right.
Mr. Johns, did you have your hand up to speak to that, or are you waiting to make an additional amendment afterwards?
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Ken McDonald
Okay. We will get to that shortly.
Hearing no further discussion on the proposed amendment by Mr. Arnold, and knowing that Mr. Hardie has indicated that he's willing to accept the amendment to his original motion, do we need to have a vote or can we call for unanimous consent?
The Clerk
For the second amendment by Mr. Arnold, I believe it was implied in the motion by Mr. Hardie that whatever was heard on the Big Bar would be part of the report. Is it the consent of the members to agree to that?
(Amendment agreed to)
Liberal
Gord Johns NDP Courtenay—Alberni, BC
Mr. Chair, we need to hear from indigenous knowledge when it comes to this study, and I hope Mr. Hardie would agree. I don't believe we've listened to indigenous communities and indigenous leaders in depth. I would like to see two additional meetings dedicated to indigenous knowledge when it comes to Pacific wild salmon, given that it's the bedrock species and it's obviously the cornerstone of their culture for coastal first nations.
I'm hopeful that this committee would support an amendment to include two additional meetings to embody, encompass and listen for prioritizing indigenous knowledge into this conversation.
Liberal
Ken Hardie Liberal Fleetwood—Port Kells, BC
We had scoped out some of the ground that we wanted to cover. We thought that would take two meetings.
Just to be clear, Mr. Johns, you would want two additional meetings for a total of four meetings to conclude this study.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Ken McDonald
As there's no discussion wanted, can I ask if we have unanimous consent to accept the amendment by Mr. Johns to add two additional meetings?
I see thumbs-up. All right. Unanimous consent it is.
(Amendment agreed to)
Now we should probably vote on the motion as amended.
The Clerk
Mr. Chair, this is on the motion as amended. If there is the consent of the committee, then I will not proceed to a recorded vote.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Ken McDonald
Do we have the unanimous consent of the committee?
You'll have to let me know, Madame Gill, if you're in favour of that as well, because I can't see you on the screen.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Ken McDonald
All right. We have unanimous consent.
(Motion as amended agreed to [See Minutes of Proceedings])
The motion is adopted as amended. Thank you, everyone.
Now, on my speakers list, number three is Mr. Mazier.
Conservative
Dan Mazier Conservative Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa, MB
Good day. I hope everyone can hear me. I want to bring forward two motions today.
The first one is this: “That, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), the committee undertake a study of at least two meetings to identify the impact of the indigenous freshwater fish marketing limited partnership initiative, whereby the Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation transitions from a harvester-led partnership model; that the committee call witnesses, including senior departmental officials from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and interested stakeholder groups to testify, including commentary on sustainability and regulation of the commercial freshwater fishing industry; and that the committee report its conclusions and recommendations to the House.”
That's the first motion.
The Clerk
Mr. Chair, I do have a copy of the motion in the two languages, which I could distribute to the members.
Liberal
