Fisheries committee  I'm sorry; I understand now. The issue with the protection officer is similarly that the requirement of consent is consent from someone who is not an independent, impartial person like a court or a tribunal. Just to add to Mr. McGuinness's comment, I think you hit right on the

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Monsieur Lapointe. I think your question came through as changing labelling. I'm not sure that we raised the labelling issue, but certainly anything that would indicate—

Fisheries committee  Thank you. I understand now.

Fisheries committee  I would say that at least in theory it would increase the fish that are available to be caught legally, especially the straddling stocks. The IUU fishing is taking away fish that could be caught within our exclusive economic zone.

Fisheries committee  Well, I think that's certainly a valid concern. I guess the fundamental, underlying issue is that by withholding the vessel, pending trial, on the basis of fear of a new offence, you're essentially presuming that they are guilty, so it overrules the presumption of innocence. That

Fisheries committee  Mr. Leef, that's also why, even if this amendment isn't made, the CMLA does not oppose the bill. In fact, we strongly support it. It's simply a matter of concern. Certainly, we would expect the minister and the fisheries officers to behave in a reasonable and well-reasoned manner

Fisheries committee  That's a good question. I don't have any detail on the exact seizures. That's something that perhaps the minister or the department could speak to.

Fisheries committee  That's a very astute question, Mr. Kamp. In fact, I was looking at that earlier. The port states measures agreement does not speak to that level of detail. I can only presume that the drafting in proposed section 13 of the Coastal Fisheries Protection Act at some point in the pas

Fisheries committee  We didn't see that as an issue and it hasn't been raised by our membership. But a very quick glance at that section does suggest that it is tied to a fishing vessel, so I can see where that might be a concern if you're looking to be able to seize more broadly. I wouldn't have tho

Fisheries committee  I think Patrick is quite correct. It doesn't change a lot of what's behind the Coastal Fisheries Protection Act and the NAFO treaty, generally. What it does do, though, is enhance it somewhat, because now it's targeting the market for the product. Ultimately, IUU fish are fish th

Fisheries committee  It could potentially.

Fisheries committee  From a natural justice perspective, essentially what you're doing by providing bail or security is substituting whatever that form of security is for the vessel. Perhaps the logical way of looking at it is that the most you're ever going to get is the value of the vessel, simply

Fisheries committee  That's a good question, Mr. Chisholm. The way the court would normally work, if this were to be at the court, is this. Under the Federal Court rules, typically what will happen, if a vessel is arrested, for example, for a civil claim, is that the court will release the vessel o

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you for inviting the Canadian Maritime Law Association to discuss Bill S-3 today. I particularly appreciate being here with my colleague, Mr. McGuinness. As he suggested, while their focus is on the context and the underlying issues, the Canadian Mari