Evidence of meeting #39 for Transport, Infrastructure and Communities in the 44th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was shipping.
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6:15 p.m.
Liberal
Churence Rogers Liberal Bonavista—Burin—Trinity, NL
It's obvious that a lot of this work has been talked about for many years. There are a lot of people with expertise reviewing this work.
I have a question for Mr. Mayor. To your knowledge, what kind of coordination is taking place among different levels of government to address shoreline erosion? What about between governments and industry? Is there anything happening among these different levels and different players?
6:15 p.m.
Mayor, Municipalité de Lanoraie
As far as I know, there's no real coordination right now. In fact, I think your committee could help to put in place better coordination.
I don't have any contact with the industry, and I haven't heard from any residents about contact with the industry, but there may have been contact with non-profit organizations that work in the area. Among other things, shoreline stabilization work has been done on one property, but the results aren't conclusive, unfortunately.
There isn't any coordination. The proof is that we're wondering who is doing what. The problem must be addressed. Should we do it in a tripartite way, in coordination? I think that would be a good way to go.
The message I want to send today is that there is danger at our doorstep. We agree that there should be collaboration, but we need to move quickly.
6:15 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Peter Schiefke
Thank you very much, Mr. Rogers. Time is up, good sir.
Thank you very much, Mr. Villeneuve.
I'll turn it over to Mr. Badawey.
Before we conclude today, he would like to make one quick comment.
6:15 p.m.
Liberal
Vance Badawey Liberal Niagara Centre, ON
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for allowing me to do that.
Is this the last meeting for this study?
6:15 p.m.
Liberal
Vance Badawey Liberal Niagara Centre, ON
I want to thank Mr. Barsalou-Duval for bringing this forward, because it's such an important issue. I think Xavier brought it forward, didn't he?
6:15 p.m.
Liberal
Vance Badawey Liberal Niagara Centre, ON
That was a job well done.
To all the witnesses, some of whom may still be following the proceedings, and to you folks, this is something that we take very seriously. It was one of the reasons we brought forward the Canada water agency and, with that, the freshwater action plan and the blue economy strategy. We're working with the Conservatives as well as the Bloc and the NDP across the floor, because it's a very important issue as it relates to all fresh water, all the Great Lakes, etc., and the St. Lawrence.
Mr. Villeneuve, I emailed you some information with respect the Great Lakes cities initiative and some of the reports that we together have produced and provided to other stakeholders. I encourage you to get involved and I encourage all of you to send as much information to us as possible so that we can move that ball down the field closer to the end zone and hopefully get to a resolution on some of the challenges you're all facing.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
6:20 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Peter Schiefke
Thank you, Mr. Badawey.
That concludes the line of questioning for today and for this study.
On behalf of all members of this committee, I want to thank our witnesses for sharing their expertise and their feedback.
With that, this meeting is adjourned.