Fisheries committee  That was a recent change. We were concerned when that change was made because we weren't sure that the NEB had the expertise to be doing that. I remember an intervention.... I guess I would say that we're not in a position to say exactly where we are on it, but our concern is aro

Fisheries committee  Do I have time to add to that?

Fisheries committee  I would just add that the request we're putting forward is that you enable the act to provide for third party banking. The process and the way Canada rolls out a policy for doing that is definitely going to be a phased-in approach. It's going to involve learning from other jurisd

Fisheries committee  I think a combination.

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Madam Chair, for the invitation to appear before committee today. The Canadian Wildlife Federation supports much of what is proposed in Bill C-68, including support for the requirement to rebuild fish stocks, and strong support for the provisions that deal with modify

Fisheries committee  Pipelines, dams, mines, urban expansion, changes in agriculture intensification...aside from the NEB, those acts are cornerstones of how we make sure that development goes ahead with as minimal an impact on the environment as possible, and in some cases, that it doesn't go ahead

Fisheries committee  I would say having purposes to the act. I guess section 6 isn't that, but it is a roundabout way of setting some purposes. Maybe that could be strengthened. So, in setting goals and objectives and reporting on them, there's a part that's in law, and there's a part that's in polic

Fisheries committee  In any act, there's a requirement to report to Parliament. That report usually takes the form of here's how many authorizations we issued, and here's how many prosecutions, and here's how many staff dollars. That's great, but how about a report to Parliament that actually reports

Fisheries committee  Yes. I think understanding the predictions, the factors that lead to fisheries production is exactly where fisheries science is at, understanding the dynamics, the environmental and community ecological impacts, effects that lead to fisheries production. That's where we are with

Fisheries committee  As an outcome, yes, we want fish production. I think what Dr. Favaro was saying is exactly down the right line. One of the ways that you ensure optimal fish production is to protect habitat.

Fisheries committee  We don't actually have a picture of the status of fish habitat in Canada. It has been a problem for years, and it's a problem when we sit before you and try to answer these questions. I would really love to be able to quantifiably answer the question here. We haven't done the st

Fisheries committee  Absolutely. I hope I didn't say anything otherwise, or imply otherwise. The provisions in the Fisheries Act, both around deleterious substances and habitat, are the provisions for Canada to protect our aquatic environment. We have to get them right. They have to work, and they

Fisheries committee  That's not the language I used. I'm not a lawyer, so I don't understand what “restore” or “return to” means. In our view, let's move forward. We do want to return to the language of “had”—those words. How that actually gets put into law, I don't know. I'm not sure that it's “re

Fisheries committee  We like those words—

Fisheries committee  Yes.