Fisheries committee  Yes. First of all, I think clarity is an important word, as has been iterated by others here today. I think some of the back-and-forth that we're witnessing here today is as much about lack of clarity—or probably more about lack of clarity—in the act and in the interpretation of

Fisheries committee  Okay. I'm sorry. I'll stop.

Fisheries committee  Yes, please, bring us into the light. The Fisheries Act is a very.... I can't say even say that it's a very matter-of-fact document. With all due respect to Mr. Sopuck's observation about ministerial discretion, it does rely, and very much so, on ministerial discretion. Some migh

Fisheries committee  No, seriously.... I know I'm making light of it, but we need more clarity around this. The Oceans Act provides us with principles. It talks about the ecosystem approach. It talks about the precautionary approach. It talks about integrated fisheries management and integrated ocean

Fisheries committee  Sorry for making light of this. It is a very serious matter. You can go to this website. I did it this morning. I ascertained exactly how much each vessel that is licenced to fish cod in Icelandic waters has for a quota and how much of that quota it has landed as of today's dat

Fisheries committee  I'll leave you a copy of it. It's “Fiskistofa”.

Fisheries committee  I'll leave you the address.

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Oceans North promotes science-based and community-based conservation of Canada's northern seas consistent with Inuit land claims and traditional practices. My name is Trevor, as you know, and most of my working life, to put it in perspective, has been i

Fisheries committee  These two statutes ought not to be two solitudes, and the committee would make a significant contribution if it could identify concrete ways in which the two statutes need to interact. The act no longer has a general statement of objectives or purposes. Neither does it have a pr

Environment committee  Right. I think if you look back some years, parks establishment was about getting people who lived in the area where a park was going to be established out of them, and then trying to figure out how to get a bunch of tourists back into them. We saw that in many places. We saw it

Environment committee  Yes. Suffice it to say that once you lay on the maps, it becomes very clear and very easy to pick out the 10% that is critical and achievable. With regard to some of the other points about hydrocarbon development, you can do it without even going into the sedimentary basins that

Environment committee  On that point, in terms of the shipping report that we've developed and our recommendation here in the presentation today that management of shipping corridors and marine protected areas needs to go hand in hand with Inuit involvement, it is in large part because to manage shippi

Environment committee  Okay.

Environment committee  I concur with Paul, but I'd also reiterate very briefly what I said previously. Getting out and talking to HTOs—hunters' and trappers' organizations—regionally, Inuit organizations, land claims organizations sooner than later, in an open and transparent way, is the most needed st

Environment committee  There's not anything wrong, as such, with that map. As a matter of fact, one could argue that if it's really important, then how is it that 50% of it is really important...? Some people might ask that question. Well, obviously, it's important for a reason. It is biologically and