Fisheries committee  Maybe, Mr. Burns, you can help me. I, as an Albertan, cannot possess any wild species of fish in an aquarium in my house without a permit to do so. I can have tropical fish. I can't do anything with wildlife. I can't keep a deer alive in my yard. I can't keep an elk alive. I'm no

Fisheries committee  So does a zoo.

Fisheries committee  I'm wondering if these conversations came up in the Senate examination of this bill. Unlike Elizabeth May, I don't know if three hours in the House of Commons—the elected chamber—is enough to properly scrutinize the bill, notwithstanding that the Senate has done a thorough job. I

Fisheries committee  Everybody is going to have an opinion when they see something, whether they like what they're seeing or what they're not—

Fisheries committee  Yes. The Arabian unicorn was down to six animals and is now over 1,000 because of a captive breeding program. Now people can actually go into the wild and see them. Had they not gone through that captive breeding program there would be none, frankly, for anybody to see or to enj

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Chair. Thank you, Senator, for being here. Senator, would you agree that people would go to a zoo or go to a national park to see wildlife for the purpose of entertainment or for intrinsic values?

Fisheries committee  That wasn't my question. My question to you was that we pay a fee to go to a zoo. Would you agree with that statement?

Fisheries committee  We pay a fee to go to our national parks, sometimes. Would you agree with that statement?

Fisheries committee  People invariably see animals when they're at a zoo and when they're in a national park. Does that provide value to their experience?

Fisheries committee  All right. I'm not trying to be difficult. I'm trying to find a way for me to go ahead and support a piece of legislation that at the outset looks as though it could be flawed in some ways. I'm a former park worker. I love animals. I dedicated a portion of my life as a conservat

Fisheries committee  On a point of order, Mr. Chair, could you just remind the committee of the rules for quorum, please?

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Chair.

Fisheries committee  You'll get no argument from me, Chair.

Fisheries committee  Sure, I'll take a shot at it. Thank you, Mr. Arnold. In Alberta, just as an example, if a forest management agreement is signed between a forest company and the Province of Alberta, there's a stumpage fee that requires a royalty to be paid by the forest company to all Albertans,

Fisheries committee  Is it like a check-off fee for the salmon enhancement programs, or something like that? Is that what it is?