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Environment committee There are two means by which that takes place at present, and one is a work in progress. In the first instance, it's through wildlife management boards, which are, of course, established by land claims agreements. They have an equal responsibility for reviewing draft reports and
May 28th, 2009Committee meeting
Prof. Jeffrey Hutchings
Environment committee This is what I'm leading to for my second point. We have an aboriginal traditional knowledge, or ATK, subcommittee. It was established in 2001. It was only in 2007 that the ministerial appointments to the subcommittee were made. Since then, the subcommittee has made extraordinary
May 28th, 2009Committee meeting
Prof. Jeffrey Hutchings
Environment committee With all due respect, that question requires some context. For species for which ATK is vital, I feel it has been relevant. This is an ongoing process. Can it be improved? Absolutely. Mr. Chair, I don't mind responding to the previous question from the member if it would help t
May 28th, 2009Committee meeting
Prof. Jeffrey Hutchings
Environment committee Well, to my mind, a political appointment would be one in which you appoint an individual because of his or her political affiliations, the degree to which their activities or thoughts or opinions would be consistent with a particular political body of thought. A ministerial appo
May 28th, 2009Committee meeting
Prof. Jeffrey Hutchings
Environment committee Yes. I would add that they're perhaps analogous to judiciary appointments, which are prime ministerial appointments but not political appointments.
May 28th, 2009Committee meeting
Prof. Jeffrey Hutchings
Environment committee I am personally unaware of specific instances.
May 28th, 2009Committee meeting
Prof. Jeffrey Hutchings
Environment committee No, I'm afraid I don't, because from COSEWIC's perspective, we don't deal with recovery issues, so I wouldn't necessarily be party to that information.
May 28th, 2009Committee meeting
Prof. Jeffrey Hutchings
Environment committee Well, it depends. There are four units. Two of them, I believe, are endangered, one is special concern, and I simply cannot remember what the status of the fourth one is.
May 28th, 2009Committee meeting
Prof. Jeffrey Hutchings
Environment committee What I'm suggesting, and what these two recommendations are meant to reflect, is that from COSEWIC's perspective vis-à-vis those sections of the act that pertain to COSEWIC, we feel that there's not a huge need for change. In large part, I think it's because the act was written i
May 28th, 2009Committee meeting
Prof. Jeffrey Hutchings
Environment committee Sorry; what's the difference between a ministerial appointment and a political appointment?
May 28th, 2009Committee meeting
Prof. Jeffrey Hutchings
Environment committee What are recovery teams? COSEWIC has no part in recovery teams. But essentially, recovery teams are groups of individuals that are put together to establish a recovery strategy, a plan for recovery, a mitigation of threats for the purposes of increasing the health of a species at
May 28th, 2009Committee meeting
Prof. Jeffrey Hutchings
Environment committee I'm not on one, but I think the short answer is yes.
May 28th, 2009Committee meeting
Prof. Jeffrey Hutchings
Environment committee I have not heard that.
May 28th, 2009Committee meeting
Prof. Jeffrey Hutchings
Environment committee That was the reason given. He wanted to achieve a balance between returning and new members.
May 28th, 2009Committee meeting
Prof. Jeffrey Hutchings
Environment committee There were six.
May 28th, 2009Committee meeting
Prof. Jeffrey Hutchings