Fisheries committee  Quite frankly, we haven't discussed it in detail. With my shorter tenure here so far in the fisheries sector, I don't have a good answer for that. I'm happy to discuss further. As I said earlier, one of your witnesses in the next hour may be able to provide a better response for

Fisheries committee  With regard to that particular thing, no, we have not discussed that as of yet. Unfortunately, when you are coming new into a sector and an organization, there are only so many issues you can talk about with the hours of the day, but that is something that, going forward, we'll n

Fisheries committee  —from B.C., so you could ask them perhaps.

Fisheries committee  I don't know the specifics of that particular plant, to be able to say why it closed and why it transferred to Alaska. Some things that do happen in the economy are unfortunate, so I really can't comment on—

Fisheries committee  I would agree with you that it needs further investigation as to why and how things may progress in the future. I would challenge that I'm not sure how well any of us will do in trying to predict the future. From the forest industry and the experience I have there, I know the pro

Fisheries committee  That statement is the words of Madam Justice Humphries, in her description of what the crown argued in that case, so that's the crown's words, not my words. But yes, you're right. I think it does contrast with what happened in the surf clam licensing.

Fisheries committee  That's a very good question. First, I would look at what species are being caught, what value they have in the marketplace, and how this has changed over the years. That may provide part of the answer. But I don't know how different that would be, particularly between Alaska and

Fisheries committee  Sure. I think it's still a little early to try to describe the full implications of that decision, but I think it does set some precedents that will go beyond the salmon policy. The fact that for co-management negotiations the court said other impacted stakeholders must be invol

Fisheries committee  The government already has a program for “voluntary relinquishment”, to use the government's language from the B.C. case. It's the willing buyer, willing seller approach. There are some questions. How willing is the seller if they're not given much of an option? If the governmen

Fisheries committee  Quite frankly, our membership really hasn't discussed the details of that particular provision, so I don't have a comment at this time on that one.

Fisheries committee  Thank you very much. Thank you for the opportunity to be with you this morning. Bill C-68 represents a significant modification of the Fisheries Act and will have long-standing implications for the sector and the health of our oceans and fish resources. Before I get into speci

International Trade committee  Yes, that's correct. That's part of the market development question we'd have to look at: How do they consume their fish? Is it at a restaurant, a fresh market that they buy for home, or is it grocery-store frozen or fresh? I'm not sure what percentages those represent, but tho

International Trade committee  You went through that list pretty quickly, but in general shellfish are more valuable, with higher margins and higher value added. Looking at some of the trade data, shrimp and scallops are some of the big imports from Argentina, but in terms of the market development I talked ab

International Trade committee  That is on imported sardines at their end. That would be a barrier that we experience right now. As to how much that really represents in terms of opportunity, sardines make up a small export product for us. Some of the other tariffs we see currently in Mercosur range from 10% to

International Trade committee  I don't have any information about those types of rules that Argentina would have along their coast, but that is an important issue for us in terms of trying to take advantage of any free trade agreements. What's our investment climate here in Canada, our stability of access arou