Fisheries Committee on Nov. 18th, 2020

[Bernadette Jordan, Liberal, South Shore—St. Margarets, NS]

We're working with a number of different things. We are also making sure that we include CIRNAC in negotiations. They are at the table with us, with Minister Bennett.

Mr. Johns, as you well know, this is a long-standing issue. This is not something that happened in the last two months. This has happened over successive governments, over many years. We need to do everything we possibly can to move forward, to make sure that we're working with first nations communities, that we are listening to the commercial industry, and that we are going to move forward to make sure we implement a treaty right that was affirmed by the Supreme Court of Canada 21 years ago.

[Gord Johns, NDP, Courtenay—Alberni, BC]

Mr. Chair, how much time do I have?

[The Chair, Liberal, Ken McDonald]

Your time is up, Gord. I'm sorry about that. Two and a half minutes aren't long once you start the clock. We'll close off here.

I want to say a special thank you to the minister and her staff this evening for accommodating us for the full two hours, even though we were late starting. We really do appreciate your time here at the committee. I want to say a big thank you to all committee members this evening for the congenial way they acted, for the most part. You treated the minister with the utmost respect—I do appreciate that, as chair—and treated all other members with respect. I will close off with that.

I want to say a big thank you to staff, to the clerk, to the analysts, and of course to the wonderful interpreters we use every evening when we have our committee meetings.

I wish everybody on the committee a good evening. Enjoy what's left of your evening. Here in Newfoundland, it's later than anywhere else, so there's not much of the evening left. It's nightfall, and I'm not going to be up much longer.

Again, thanks for everything today. I look forward to seeing everybody again soon.

The committee now stands adjourned.