Fisheries committee  I want to acknowledge the report that was done by the committee—it's a good report—in 2019. On the questions asked earlier about the slow pace of the response from DFO, you're right. We echo the recommendations that came out of that good report. We have to reduce the impact of

Fisheries committee  It could be a long answer. I'll give a short one by saying that there are certain techniques and types of fishing that through science, as was invoked earlier, we have learned can be harmful to the bottom. For example, bottom trawling can be harmful. Maybe in other areas it's no

Fisheries committee  The reconciliation agreement wants to put first nations people back on the water. In that area north of Vancouver Island to the Alaska panhandle, the areas of the eight nations that I work for, we need a transfer mechanism of the licences and quotas that are being held. What was

Fisheries committee  Our colleague from the union on the Atlantic talked about cartels. There are cartels working, I believe, in British Columbia. There are certain species that are held by a limited number of entities. I think they've probably banded together to work against us, saying, “This is the

Fisheries committee  I hear all sides of the argument. Some would say to me, “Paul, it's the marketplace. If someone has excess money to throw around, it's their business; it's part of the market.” How do you peg what is a reasonable return or what is reasonable in what has been a more stable market?

Fisheries committee  It was shocking and stunning and disappointing to have fish lumped in with excessive housing and real estate monies, fancy cars and so on in that money laundering investigation, absolutely.

Fisheries committee  That's a hard one to respond to, Mr. Hardie. I grew up in the commercial fishery. To the chair's question about Paul Kariya, I'm proud, when I give public talks in other spheres, to say that there was a boy in the NHL whose grandfather came to Canada to fish. I remember, from w

Fisheries committee  Yes. I'm careful in how I say it, because our nations are still trying to work in the marketplace, and it's a fairly small world out there. The actual example was sea cucumber, but there are other examples, and they include geoduck.

Fisheries committee  Yes, I believe so. I'm hesitant only because I haven't heard the actual case situations, but from past experience—and I mean “past” experience—I'd say yes.

Fisheries committee  I'd agree with you, Mr. Hardie.

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would agree with you, Mr. Hardie. I think we all know there are examples of fishermen who hold and own their own licences and fish them. If we compare their returns to those of fishers who are indentured to holders and owners of quota licences, there is n

Fisheries committee  The FRRA is a major reconciliation agreement negotiated by the eight first nations who are our members and the Government of Canada. It has three broad objectives. The first one is to restore participation in the open commercial fishery rules of DFO and our member nations. The

Fisheries committee  Yes, the main agreement is obviously a public document. I'll say upfront that there are schedules and annexes that have financial components that are business confidential.

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. You got the lesser Paul Kariya, though we're proud and thrilled for him as a hockey player and for what he accomplished. I'm only slightly less well known than he is. Thank you to the committee, and thank you to the other witnesses, including my good frien

Transport committee  The big risk or challenge is that these are communities, these are nations, that are trying very much to be a part of Canada. That may sound so trite, but after having spent 40 years, both as a public servant, federally and provincially, having been a professor studying this stuf