Yes. Thank you, Madam Chair.
I have a few changes here. I'd like to amend the motion so that it reads as follows:
That:
(a) the committee undertake a study on the development of...pinniped industries in the Gulf of the St. Lawrence and the Atlantic, Pacific, and Northern Regions;
(b) the study specifically address:
(i) the modernization of regulations,
(ii) measures to foster the emergence of a new generation of harvesters,
(iii) initiatives to improve social acceptability,
(iv) measures to be implemented to develop pinniped harvesting industries;
(c) the committee invite representatives from Fisheries and Oceans Canada, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, pinniped harvesters’ associations, harvesters, representatives of coastal and Indigenous communities, and marine biologists to appear;
(d) the committee devote a minimum of five meetings to this study;
(e) one hour be dedicated to reviewing the progress made on the recommendations from the committee’s December 2023 Report No. 12, Ecosystem Impacts and Management of Pinniped Populations;
(f) the committee report its findings and recommendations to the House; and
(g) pursuant to Standing Order 109, the committee request that the government table a comprehensive response to its report.