Natural Resources Committee on Feb. 12th, 2024

Evidence of meeting #85 for Natural Resources in the 44th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was witnesses.

A video is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

An Act to amend the Canada—Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act and the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts

Committee Business

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Kostantina Northrup Staff Lawyer, East Coast Environmental Law

Kevin Stokesbury Dean of the School for Marine Science and Technology, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, As an Individual

Alex Templeton Chair, Econext

Meghan Lapp Fisheries Liaison, Seafreeze Shoreside

Clerk of the Committee Mr. Alexandre Vassiliev

Ches Crosbie As an Individual

Paul Barnes Director, Atlantic Canada and Arctic, Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers

Bonnie Brady Executive Director, Long Island Commercial Fishing Association

Ruth Inniss Fisheries Advisor, Maritime Fishermen's Union

6:30 p.m.

Liberal

Yvonne Jones Liberal Labrador, NL

Mr. Chair, my point of order is this, and I want it acknowledged for the record—

6:30 p.m.

NDP

Charlie Angus NDP Timmins—James Bay, ON

Good night, everyone.

6:30 p.m.

Liberal

Yvonne Jones Liberal Labrador, NL

The Conservatives delayed the committee. They held us here in filibusters for two hours while witnesses sat in the committee room and sat on the television screen. They did not get an opportunity to participate.

6:30 p.m.

Conservative

Jeremy Patzer Conservative Cypress Hills—Grasslands, SK

I have a point of order, Chair.

6:30 p.m.

Liberal

Yvonne Jones Liberal Labrador, NL

Now they want to delay the hearings even further. Probably they have another motion, and maybe they want to filibuster again for two hours.

No. The answer is no.

6:30 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal George Chahal

Mr. Patzer, procedurally go ahead on a point of order.

February 12th, 2024 / 6:30 p.m.

Conservative

Jeremy Patzer Conservative Cypress Hills—Grasslands, SK

Just to clarify, Mr. Chair, we actually offered to extend the meeting, so the ones who are ending the meeting prematurely are the Liberals, not the Conservatives. Every member of this committee has the right to move a motion, as my colleague did. She was standing up for indigenous people to advance the cause of economic reconciliation, which I hope everybody will take seriously around this table rather than disparaging them.

I know that Charlie called that initiative a gong show earlier—

6:30 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal George Chahal

Mr. Patzer, we have ruled on this. I'm going to have to cut you off there.

6:30 p.m.

Conservative

Jeremy Patzer Conservative Cypress Hills—Grasslands, SK

—so I'm just a little bit concerned about the tone around this table.

6:30 p.m.

NDP

Charlie Angus NDP Timmins—James Bay, ON

Mr. Chair, could you rule on that and end this meeting?

6:30 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal George Chahal

We ruled on that point of order before. We were delayed in the first panel, which delayed the second panel. Our time is up.

Thank you so much to the witnesses for coming and attending today. Please provide additional briefs if you have anything else to provide to the clerk.

Thank you and have a good evening. The meeting is adjourned.