Fisheries committee  It keeps Ottawa happy.

Fisheries committee  On the first question, the original branch in America came under the Marine Mammal Protection Act, which has been superseded by ICES and so on. But the Americans haven't changed their perspectives, or their attitudes. There was a small activity going on in the Senate prior to thi

Fisheries committee  It's happened to me. I've had death threats. I've had people threatening to skin my children alive, when they were much younger, so that I would understand how a mommy seal feels. I've also seen people confronting sealers on the ice, when we've been there. But that goes back a

Fisheries committee  I think there are two issues. One would be internal. There are a lot of things that need to be fixed up that a lot of these other gentlemen have brought up: the question of the EI, the question of the regulations governing boat size, movements, loading principles. All these admin

Fisheries committee  Of course I'm not a politician and not a member of the government. It's easy for me to say.

Fisheries committee  Mr. Manning, I have a lot of ideas about that. I'm not sure a public forum is the place to discuss them. I don't mean that in any kind of negative way to you, or to the committee.

Fisheries committee  I think, whatever needs to be done—and as I say, I do have ideas, and there are a lot of you who have ideas—you need to get the ideas together before you go public with them, because I'll guarantee you one thing: ten minutes after you come up with the idea, they'll know about it.

Fisheries committee  Ask me after the meeting.

Fisheries committee  I think fundamentally that's exactly right, and if we do not come to grips with the fact that we are dealing with a propaganda campaign that is unparalleled in the twentieth century—the latter half.... I won't say the twentieth century, because there was certainly a very good, pa

Fisheries committee  When is the last time anybody ever heard, in a public battle, facts defeating emotion? It doesn't happen. We are sitting in a situation in response to exactly what you have identified. On paper, a lot of what our people are doing looks great. In reality, it doesn't work. We've ha

Fisheries committee  It will be easier for me to answer you in English, if you agree to that. As Monsieur Blais says, it hasn't been successful in the past, so if it ain't working, maybe it's time to fix it. The question is whether DFO is really the leader. Well, DFO's mandate, according to their

Fisheries committee  Of course. DFO interprets its mandate as explaining and defending management policies, not defending the citizens who engage in sealing. So is DFO the appropriate lead department? I'm not so sure. Yes, we have more than adequate management philosophy and practices. We run prob

Fisheries committee  I think they're equally dangerous. On the EU potential, the commission under Commissioner Dimas has been very good at sticking to what should be the considered points, which basically have to do with the conservation issues and with humaneness. Within the commission, he has been

Fisheries committee  First of all, you have to look at the fact that what we're doing is killing animals. There are two humane ways to kill seals. One is a hakapik. One is a rifle. As you point out, in Newfoundland the hakapik is not widely used; about 90% plus of our seals are not killed with a haka

Fisheries committee  Yes.