Finance committee  I maybe wouldn't typify it quite that way. I guess prior to 2006 and the court appeal, the minister would maybe pay a contracting party with the proceeds of the sale of fish. In some cases it would just be allocating a quantity of fish such as this bill proposes, to carry out cer

Finance committee  Exactly.

Finance committee  That's correct.

Finance committee  Yes. In 2006, the Federal Court of Appeal, in the Larocque case, held that the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans didn't have the authority to use fish for financing. Among other things, the court held that the minister, by deciding to pay a contracting party the proceeds of the s

Finance committee  This is a tool for the minister to use. It's not automatic, and there certainly would be consultations. Once this is in place, we'd be developing directives to frame the new authority and ensure the proper balance between private and public funding.

Finance committee  I think that because what we'd be talking about is pretty much based on a small fisher group, a group that we would want to be using the quota for this sort of a project and why we would be entering into an agreement, you would consult with the group and talk about the best use o

Finance committee  I really can't comment. It was not my personal decision.

Finance committee  Certainly. I'd like to thank you for inviting us here today to discuss part 4, division 18. This refers to clause 411. The proposed legislative amendments introduce a new section to the Fisheries Act, section 10, specifically subsections 10(1) and 10(2). These would authorize

Finance committee  Oh, I'm sorry.

Finance committee  I just made the point that we are talking here about an amendment that is contained in part 4, indicating that it should be read into a section that we've introduced in part 3 for responsible resource development, which allows for the minister to enter into agreements with others

Finance committee  Oh, that part, yes. As part of the agreement we'd use the money in these sorts of agreements for the purposes of defraying incremental or operating costs attributable to activities that would be part of this agreement.

Finance committee  Given the benefits that would derive to industry from various scientific and management activities, an approach of this sort of shared stewardship and a stronger role for industry in activities is appropriate, we feel. For example, additional scientific data generated through the

Finance committee  Why is this part of the budget bill?