Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Congratulations on your chairmanship of the committee. It has been good serving with you on this committee for the past almost six years now. We've done some good work, and I look forward to completing some further good work in this next session.
I have two notices of motions that I'd like to present today.
The first is:
That, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), the committee undertake a study of at least two (2) meetings to understand the impact of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans' re-interpretation of the Fisheries Act regulations affecting frozen-at-sea spot prawns; That the committee call witnesses including senior departmental officials from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and interested stakeholder groups to testify; That the committee adopt testimony received by the committee in its examination of this matter in the 2nd Session of the 43rd Parliament as evidence for the study; That the committee adopt the June 21, 2021 letter sent by the committee to the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans as evidence for this study; and That the committee report its conclusions and recommendations to the House.
The second notice of motion is:
That, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), the committee undertake a study of at least six (6) meetings to examine how the Department of Fisheries and Oceans develops scientific conclusions including advice that it provides to the minister and how the minister applies scientific advice to ministerial decisions; That the committee call witnesses including the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, senior department officials from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and persons who have directly contributed to the department's science and science processes to testify; and, That the committee report its conclusions and recommendations to the House.
Thank you, Mr. Chair.