Fisheries Committee on April 18th, 2024

Evidence of meeting #106 for Fisheries and Oceans in the 44th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was chair.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Population Sustainability of Yukon Salmon Stocks

Committee Business

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Steve Gotch Senior Director, Operations, Pacific Region, Department of Fisheries and Oceans

Wes Shoemaker Executive Head, Pacific Salmon Strategy Initiative, Department of Fisheries and Oceans

Bryce Bekar President, Yukon Fish and Game Association

Clerk of the Committee Ms. Geneviève Dubois-Richard

4:15 p.m.

Liberal

Serge Cormier Liberal Acadie—Bathurst, NB

Mr. Chair, I'd like some clarification, please.

4:15 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Ken McDonald

Yes.

4:15 p.m.

Liberal

Serge Cormier Liberal Acadie—Bathurst, NB

There was an amendment put on the table by Mr. Kelloway. Isn't it the case that we should vote on the amendment? Why are we voting to adjourn debate?

4:15 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Ken McDonald

It's a dilatory motion. We will vote on ending debate first, I guess.

April 18th, 2024 / 4:15 p.m.

Liberal

Serge Cormier Liberal Acadie—Bathurst, NB

Can we suspend for two minutes, Mr. Chair?

4:15 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Ken McDonald

Yes. I will give you two minutes tops.

4:15 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Ken McDonald

We're back.

Now we have to vote on the motion to adjourn debate, moved by Mr. Small.

4:15 p.m.

An hon. member

On the amendment.

4:15 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Ken McDonald

No, on the main motion.

I will ask the clerk for a recorded division.

4:20 p.m.

Conservative

Rick Perkins Conservative South Shore—St. Margarets, NS

We're voting to adjourn debate on the amendment.

4:20 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Ken McDonald

No, we're voting on the motion.

4:20 p.m.

A voice

It's on the main motion.

4:20 p.m.

Conservative

Mel Arnold Conservative North Okanagan—Shuswap, BC

It's on the amendment.

4:20 p.m.

Conservative

Rick Perkins Conservative South Shore—St. Margarets, NS

He moved an amendment to the motion.

4:20 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Ken McDonald

It's on the motion, not on the amendment.

He said he wanted to adjourn debate.

4:20 p.m.

Liberal

Bobby Morrissey Liberal Egmont, PE

Mr. Chair, this is a dilatory motion. Is that correct?

4:20 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Ken McDonald

Yes.

4:20 p.m.

Liberal

Bobby Morrissey Liberal Egmont, PE

We go right to a vote. There's no debate.

4:20 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Ken McDonald

Yes.

4:20 p.m.

Bloc

Caroline Desbiens Bloc Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île dOrléans—Charlevoix, QC

I would like to point out to my colleagues on the committee that the interpreters are extremely patient and hard‑working. However, when two or three microphones are switched on, the interpreters and I get completely lost. This will lead to wasted time. I'll be asking questions again because I won't have understood anything.

I just ask that you remember to turn your microphones on and off.

4:20 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Ken McDonald

We're going to vote on the motion to end debate moved by Mr. Small. Then, depending on whether it passes or not, we'll go to the amendment by Mr. Kelloway. Then we'll go to the main motion, either as amended or as it was originally presented.

Mr. Arnold moved a motion. Mr. Kelloway made an amendment to that motion. Mr. Small moved a motion to end debate on the original motion.

4:20 p.m.

Conservative

Rick Perkins Conservative South Shore—St. Margarets, NS

No, it would be on the amendment.

4:20 p.m.

Liberal

Ken Hardie Liberal Fleetwood—Port Kells, BC

No, it's both actually. He said both. I heard him.

4:20 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Ken McDonald

Anyway, we'll vote on Mr. Small's motion first.

(Motion agreed to: yeas 11; nays 0)

Now we move back to the amendment as presented by Mr. Kelloway.

4:20 p.m.

Liberal

Ken Hardie Liberal Fleetwood—Port Kells, BC

No, it's suspended.