I now call this meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting number two of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans. The committee is meeting today to discuss committee business.
The meeting is taking place in a hybrid format, pursuant to the House order of November 25, 2021. Members are attending remotely using the Zoom application. The proceedings will be made available via the House of Commons website. So you are aware, the webcast will always show the person speaking rather than the entirety of the committee.
The meeting is also taking place in the webinar format. Webinars are for public committee meetings and are available only to members, their staff and witnesses. Members enter immediately as active participants. All functionalities for active participants remain the same. Staff will be non-active participants and can therefore view the meeting only in gallery view. I would like to take this opportunity to remind all participants in this meeting that screenshots or taking photos of your screen is not permitted.
To ensure an orderly meeting, I would like to outline a few rules to follow.
First, members may speak in the official language of their choice. Interpretation services are available for this meeting. You have the choice, at the bottom of your screen, of floor, English or French. If interpretation is lost, please inform me immediately and we will ensure interpretation is properly restored before resuming the proceedings. The “raise hand” feature at the bottom of the screen can be used at any time if you wish to speak or to alert the chair.
Before speaking, please wait until I recognize you by name. If you are on the video conference, please click on the microphone icon to unmute yourself. For those in the room, your microphone will be controlled as usual by the proceedings and verification officer. When speaking, please speak slowly and clearly. When you are not speaking, it is the intent that you keep your mike on mute. As a reminder, all comments by members should be addressed through the chair. With regard to a speaking list, the committee clerk and I will do the best we can to maintain a consolidated order of speaking for all members, whether they are participating virtually or in person.
I have a few notes on how we will proceed today. I want to let everyone know that we have 14 or more motions before the committee. If we want to get through this in our two hours today, I will need to see co-operation among all of us. I will keep a list of those who wish to move their motions and a separate list of who wants to speak on the debate of that particular motion. Please do not interrupt another member who is speaking unless you have a point of order. If you raise your hand, I will get to you.
When making amendments, read slowly and clearly so interpreters and our committee staff can follow along. I will recognize each member who wishes to move a motion, one at a time. I will ask them to move their motion, and I will open the floor for debate or for amendments. Then, we will come to a decision on that motion. Once that motion is dealt with, I will move on to the next member who has a motion to move. If you have multiple motions to move, that's fine. I will get back to you again in the order of precedence, but you won't get to move all your motions at once. That way, it seems fair to everybody to get at least something done here today.
Before we start, does anyone have any questions or concerns about the procedure for today?
I see a hand up from Madame Desbiens.
