Fisheries Committee on May 2nd, 2024

[The Chair, Liberal, Ken McDonald]

We'll now go to Ms. Desbiens for six minutes or less.

[Caroline Desbiens, Bloc, Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d’Orléans—Charlevoix, QC]

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

I'd like to thank our witnesses for being here. I have no doubt that we have a lot to learn from them. However, since it seems that this is the day for updating motions and notices of motions, I'd like to remind the—

[Ken Hardie, Liberal, Fleetwood—Port Kells, BC]

I have a point of order. We're not getting translation. It's very weak.

[The Chair, Liberal, Ken McDonald]

Let's keep going and see what happens.

[Caroline Desbiens, Bloc, Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d’Orléans—Charlevoix, QC]

I'd like to remind this committee that I also had a motion passed to complete my study on the criteria used by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to set redfish quotas.

At that time, I had served—

[Lisa Marie Barron, NDP, Nanaimo—Ladysmith, BC]

I have a point of order.

With apologies to my colleague, the interpretation does not seem to be working on my end. Although my French is pretty good, I don't want to misunderstand what's being said. I'm not sure if my other colleagues who are with us virtually are experiencing the same thing, but I'm not getting an English translation.

[The Chair, Liberal, Ken McDonald]

Do you want to say a sentence and see if we get translation?

[Caroline Desbiens, Bloc, Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d’Orléans—Charlevoix, QC]

I could continue.

[Lisa Marie Barron, NDP, Nanaimo—Ladysmith, BC]

It's working now.

[Caroline Desbiens, Bloc, Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d’Orléans—Charlevoix, QC]

So I will continue.

So I, too, have given notice of a motion that I would like to see debated. I moved the motion on February 29. This really isn't new. It was a while back. At that time, I had asked the committee to consider inviting Minister Steven Guilbeault to appear and also to invite Sylvie Lapointe, who would talk to us about offshore fisheries. We need to consider that. Of course, I agree that Diane Lebouthillier, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, should also be invited.

So I, too, would like us to finally debate my motion, which proposes that we invite these two additional witnesses.

[The Chair, Liberal, Ken McDonald]

Does everybody have a copy of the motion?

We'll resend it, but I know it was sent out some time ago.

[Caroline Desbiens, Bloc, Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d’Orléans—Charlevoix, QC]

I can read it again, if that helps.

[Bobby Morrissey, Liberal, Egmont, PE]

Chair, could the clerk recirculate it?

[The Chair, Liberal, Ken McDonald]

She's sending it now.

Can everybody let me know when they get it?

[Caroline Desbiens, Bloc, Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d’Orléans—Charlevoix, QC]

I can fill the gap with a little song.

[The Chair, Liberal, Ken McDonald]

Mr. Cormier.

[Serge Cormier, Liberal, Acadie—Bathurst, NB]

Can we ask for a two or three-minute break?

[The Chair, Liberal, Ken McDonald]

A recess?

Has everyone received the motion?

Okay, we'll take a couple of minutes to talk about it.

[The Chair, Liberal, Ken McDonald]

We're back.

We've heard the details of the motion.

Is there anybody who wants to speak to the motion?

[Caroline Desbiens, Bloc, Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d’Orléans—Charlevoix, QC]

Mr. Chair, may I speak?

[The Chair, Liberal, Ken McDonald]

I'm checking to see if anybody wants to actually debate the motion.

[Caroline Desbiens, Bloc, Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d’Orléans—Charlevoix, QC]

I'd like to reread the motion to ensure that we're all on the same page.

[The Chair, Liberal, Ken McDonald]

We'll go to the vote, I guess.

You can read it out again if you want, Madame Desbiens.

[Caroline Desbiens, Bloc, Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d’Orléans—Charlevoix, QC]

It reads:

That, as part of the present study on the criteria used by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to set redfish fishing quotas, the committee invite Ms. Sylvie Lapointe, president of the Atlantic Groundfish Council, to testify and answer questions from members of this committee for one hour; that, as part of this study, the committee invite the Minister of the Environment, Mr. Steven Guilbeault, for one hour to answer questions from members of this committee; that this meeting be held prior to the drafting of the report on this study.

[The Chair, Liberal, Ken McDonald]

Everybody has heard the details of the motion. Is there any discussion?

(Motion agreed to: yeas 11; nays 0)