(Amendment withdrawn)
Evidence of meeting #1 for Fisheries and Oceans in the 45th Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was arnold.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Evidence of meeting #1 for Fisheries and Oceans in the 45th Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was arnold.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Conservative
Mel Arnold Conservative Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies, BC
It's a subamendment to the amendment, so I will cede for now.
Bloc
Alexis Deschênes Bloc Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Listuguj, QC
I'd like us to debate the motion for which I gave notice.
Liberal
Bloc
Alexis Deschênes Bloc Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Listuguj, QC
I thought we had passed that motion. I apologize.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Patrick Weiler
With that, if there's no more debate on the motion, we can move to a vote.
Does everybody consent to Mel's motion?
(Motion agreed to [See Minutes of Proceedings])
That's agreed. Okay.
Next I have Mr. Cormier, and then Monsieur Deschênes after that.
Liberal
Serge Cormier Liberal Acadie—Bathurst, NB
Mr. Chair, I'd also like to move a motion in connection with a study I proposed in the last Parliament.
Regarding the study on the next generation, I move the following:
That pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), the committee undertake a five meeting study on the need for training and financial support for the next generation of fishers given the challenges they face entering into the field given the high cost of licences and equipment and that the committee issue a report upon the completion of its work; that witnesses include young fish harvesters and aspiring young fish harvesters; that witnesses include representatives from the fish harvesting industry and fish harvester unions; that witnesses come from a wide variety of regional and linguistic backgrounds, including indigenous representation; furthermore, pursuant to Standing Order 109, the committee asks that the government provide a comprehensive response to its report.
The text should have been sent to the committee members just now.
Bloc
Alexis Deschênes Bloc Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Listuguj, QC
Mr. Chair, I'd like to have a brief moment to read my colleague's motion.
Liberal
Liberal
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Patrick Weiler
I call the meeting back to order.
Mr. Cormier moved the motion. It should have been circulated. Everybody should have that in their email, in addition to the paper copy that we have here.
We can open it up for debate. Does anybody want to speak to the motion on the floor?
No one does. Let's go to a vote, then.
(Motion agreed to)
Next is Monsieur Deschênes.
Bloc
Alexis Deschênes Bloc Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Listuguj, QC
I want the committee to debate my motion. If I understand correctly, my colleague from the official opposition wanted to propose an amendment.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Patrick Weiler
Okay.
We're back to Mr. Deschênes' motion, which he put on notice a little earlier.
Does anyone want to move an amendment?
Go ahead, Mr. Arnold.
Conservative
Mel Arnold Conservative Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies, BC
Thank you.
I've spoken to MP Deschênes about this. The last line in the motion that was circulated says that the committee would set aside four meetings. I'd like to amend that to say that the committee set aside the required time to complete the study, so that we don't have to specify four meetings for that.
I'd also add that the chair present the report to the House, or the usual language that's in a motion.
Liberal
Serge Cormier Liberal Acadie—Bathurst, NB
If I understand correctly, we're talking about the motion that Mr. Deschênes gave notice of earlier and that he has now proposed.
If that's the case, I'd like to propose a small amendment that echoes what Mr. Arnold mentioned earlier. I'll read it and circulate it as well. It would just add after the last paragraph, “; and that, pursuant to Standing Order 109, the committee request the government to table a comprehensive response to its report.”
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Patrick Weiler
Thank you, Mr. Cormier.
We have amendments, on top of which we have subamendments. Is there any debate on the subamendments?
Go ahead, Monsieur Deschênes.
Bloc
Alexis Deschênes Bloc Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Listuguj, QC
I support the proposed amendments.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Patrick Weiler
Is there debate on the subamendments?
All those in favour?
(Subamendments agreed to [See Minutes of Proceedings])
We're now dealing with the amendment from Mr. Arnold.
Would anyone else like to weigh in on the changes proposed by Mr. Arnold?
All those in favour of those changes?
(Amendment as amended agreed to [See Minutes of Proceedings])
Finally, we have the motion as amended.
Does anyone else want to comment on that?
All those in favour?
(Motion as amended agreed to [See Minutes of Proceedings])
I think that's all we have to deal with in committee business.
Is it the will of the committee to adjourn?
Bloc
Alexis Deschênes Bloc Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Listuguj, QC
Mr. Chair, I'd just like to ask a question before we adjourn: When are we going to decide the order in which the motions will be debated? Has that already been set out in the agenda for the next meeting? Will it be done before the summer or only in September? How do you see it happening?
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Patrick Weiler
That's a good question, Mr. Deschênes.
Our next meeting may not be until September, so I don't think now is the right time to plan our meetings. Still, the first thing we'll have to do when we come back in the fall will be to discuss this and plan our work. We'll have a report on abandoned vessels, and we'll have to determine the studies we're going to conduct. That should give us a lot to do during the first meetings, but we'll figure that out in the fall.
With that, the meeting is adjourned.