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Fisheries committee Yes. Let me address your first question about education of our members. We spend a fair amount of time working with our members through presentations and seminars and newsletters. Education is vital to this. As I mentioned, about a third of our members are U.S. citizens. We try
April 30th, 2012Committee meeting
Robert Duncanson
Fisheries committee Do you want to talk about the ballast water?
April 30th, 2012Committee meeting
Robert Duncanson
Fisheries committee Absolutely. You can't replace some of the scientists who get laid off, temporarily moved, or whatever. They're carrying with them invaluable knowledge. I worry when I see quick shifts between federal and provincial priorities and what not, that you could end up throwing the baby
April 30th, 2012Committee meeting
Robert Duncanson
Fisheries committee The Canada-Ontario agreement is what's going to allow Ontario to continue to be a partner with the federal government in whatever form, and I agree that the revised Fisheries Act may well target the Great Lakes and Georgian Bay as some of the continued recipients of attention. Bu
April 30th, 2012Committee meeting
Robert Duncanson
Fisheries committee Yes.
April 30th, 2012Committee meeting
Robert Duncanson
Fisheries committee That's right.
April 30th, 2012Committee meeting
Robert Duncanson
Fisheries committee The $100 million is a conservative estimate.
April 30th, 2012Committee meeting
Robert Duncanson
Fisheries committee That's a conservative estimate of the amount of goods and services and taxes from those 10,000 families, assuming each pays $10,000 on their properties.
April 30th, 2012Committee meeting
Robert Duncanson
Fisheries committee If you go back and look at the history of botulism, and this kind of kill-off, it's only in the past couple of decades that we have been seeing regular occurrences of this. It's a bit of a perfect storm. It's not just the invasive species; it's a bit of the warming of the water.
April 30th, 2012Committee meeting
Robert Duncanson
Fisheries committee Yes, I'll touch on that. In fact this morning we had a meeting with one of our senior MPs, Tony Clement, on this very topic. We're very worried that governments at both levels—provincial and federal—are retreating from the environmental oversight of the Great Lakes at a time wh
April 30th, 2012Committee meeting
Robert Duncanson
Fisheries committee I'd like to build on that a little bit. As the federal regime changes to the oversight of the fisheries and the environment in general, and there seems to be a retreat to avoid duplication.... Everyone can agree that duplication in tight financial times is an important thing to l
April 30th, 2012Committee meeting
Robert Duncanson
Fisheries committee No, it was in the audience as we were at the IJC forum. We were hearing the presentations from the various scientists. There just seemed to be this silence about preventative measures on the Asian carp when we had just gone through a day and half worth of the damage and the cost
April 30th, 2012Committee meeting
Robert Duncanson
Fisheries committee Permanent barriers. The biggest challenge we've heard, or one of the biggest push-backs, is the canal barges in the Chicago area. To be honest with you, I'm not an expert in this area at all, but I don't see why you can't have roll-on, roll-off barges coming up to this barrier in
April 30th, 2012Committee meeting
Robert Duncanson
Fisheries committee I would like to think there's a creative solution that is a win-win, and that we can appeal to the merchants or businesses that are threatened by a permanent barrier, yet achieve this ethological separation.
April 30th, 2012Committee meeting
Robert Duncanson
Fisheries committee As John pointed out, last fall, when thousands of waterfowl washed up on Wasaga Beach, the smoking gun was the round goby and the quagga mussel. They were critical in bringing that botulism into the food chain, and that catches the attention of the public.
April 30th, 2012Committee meeting
Robert Duncanson