Clifford Small at the Fisheries and Oceans Committee

On April 5th, 2022. See this statement in context.

April 5th, 2022 / 12:45 p.m.

Conservative

Clifford Small Conservative Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame, NL

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thanks to the witnesses for coming to our committee today for this very important study.

On March 29, we had Mr. Henderson, the deputy commissioner of operations for the Canadian Coast Guard, here at committee. He told us that a fundamental part of the Coast Guard's response plan is “direct and immediate communication with affected first nations”.

Mr. Dorward, you were just asked by my colleague Ms. Barron how quickly first nations were brought into this process. Am I right that you said you were notified a month later or something? Did you say that?

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