Subcommittee of the Standing Committee on Finance on Bill C-38 committee  One of my colleagues here mentioned the fact that the incremental changes over time have made the processes somewhat cumbersome, but they've also allowed for a lot of long-term public discussion about the implications of public policies and how they interact with various interest

Subcommittee of the Standing Committee on Finance on Bill C-38 committee  I think we have a long history in Canada of innovative manufacturing and resource extraction. It's often tied directly to leadership by government, whether it's the clean air act or it's the ban on phosphorus, for instance, where technology has been driven by a strong and informe

Subcommittee of the Standing Committee on Finance on Bill C-38 committee  I think the barriers to trade are something that my other panellists here might have something more to say about. But I know there are certainly opportunities to avoid being cut out of certain markets if our technologies and our leadership on the environmental side tend to lag in

Subcommittee of the Standing Committee on Finance on Bill C-38 committee  Absolutely. It's essential.

Subcommittee of the Standing Committee on Finance on Bill C-38 committee  As I think Mr. Meisenheimer said, fish are a little out of sight, out of mind, so what happens under the water is really a bit of a mystery. Maintaining the conditions that allow them to thrive is indicative of the kinds of environmental conditions we all want to enjoy and see fo

Subcommittee of the Standing Committee on Finance on Bill C-38 committee  I might speak to that, if there's a question in there. I wasn't sure.

Subcommittee of the Standing Committee on Finance on Bill C-38 committee  I think you can't protect fish without protecting their habitat. As I understand it, we're going to be limiting the protections in the proposed act to limited and specific fisheries and fish species. I think my comments stand that the limits in the new act will weaken the protect

Subcommittee of the Standing Committee on Finance on Bill C-38 committee  No.

Subcommittee of the Standing Committee on Finance on Bill C-38 committee  I don't agree that protecting specific fish against being killed is a broad approach at all. It's narrow, and lots of—

Subcommittee of the Standing Committee on Finance on Bill C-38 committee  The current act under section 35 protects fish and their habitat. That provides the conditions for healthy aquatic ecosystems. That's the type of regulation and law that we appreciate.

Subcommittee of the Standing Committee on Finance on Bill C-38 committee  I'd like to dispel the fact that this is a jobs versus environment conversation. I think sustainable, smart development is something that can happen. It doesn't mean a race to the bottom and trying to match the lowest standards wherever they exist in the world. I think we can uph

Subcommittee of the Standing Committee on Finance on Bill C-38 committee  Thank you for the question. It's not something I'm unfamiliar with. I frankly take a great deal of umbrage at the argument that it's waterfront property owners who want the rules to be softened. I think in fact that the Department of Fisheries and Oceans has simplified their de

Subcommittee of the Standing Committee on Finance on Bill C-38 committee  Thank you for the question. I think the notion is of some concern for sure, and frankly, I don't share the unbridled enthusiasm for how the process will work out in the absence of knowing what the regulations are going to look like. The fact that this bill is being put together

Subcommittee of the Standing Committee on Finance on Bill C-38 committee  I'd like to just add that the fisheries have been a proxy for environmental conditions—the canary in the coal mine, if you will. Protecting fish and the underlying conditions that allow them to thrive gives a level of certainty that's not really available through fisheries scie

Subcommittee of the Standing Committee on Finance on Bill C-38 committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, members of the committee, and members of the public. I'm disappointed I'm not addressing these comments and concerns, frankly, to the fisheries committee, and instead that these important matters are being considered as part of an unrealistically complicate