Fisheries committee  In the short term, Madame Gill, I think the best approach would probably be to pick a couple of items that are key to the industries on both sides. We have to have some objectives that collectively all parties could agree on. One of those would certainly be how to come together r

Fisheries committee  I can certainly try, and given that I live in an area that is neighbouring the main fishery, I certainly can give a little insight. We heard from Professor Dadswell about what some of those differences are. We have a very robust management system that you've referenced. It plays

Fisheries committee  That's the big question, Mr. Battiste. I think that we have seen some efforts to satisfy the Marshall decision as we received it in 1999. I was a young fisheries rep at the time when it came, and certainly what happened following that started that process. I think there are othe

Fisheries committee  In all fairness, Mr. Battiste, I think in the first round of Marshall, with regard to access we did step up after the dust settled and people came to grips with the rights and what that meant. It was all new to everybody on the fishing industry side. I think that we have an oppo

Fisheries committee  I think Mr. Belliveau alluded to—he didn't allude to it; he said it. We need a table. We need to come to that table collectively and work through this instead of doing it through the press, where we have a light shining. You talked about aggressive behaviour. I think that aggre

Fisheries committee  I think it would be inappropriate for me to speculate on what those barriers are. We certainly have many member organizations in the federation that work locally with different first nations communities, and they would be more in a position in their own backyards to talk about th

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Mr. Morrissey, for the question. We need to find a place where we can understand what is being discussed about us, yet without us. We need to have an opportunity to have some input about what the impacts may be over the course of time and, as we've heard from Mr. Dads

Fisheries committee  The federation members, as the federation goes, have not been consulted on this matter. As I said in my presentation, having a separate table would be devastating to the fishery and the management of it. Our membership has been clear across the board to the Department of Fisherie

Fisheries committee  I would have to say, Mr. Bragdon, that the consultation has been very weak on our side. We are told repeatedly that we really don't have a place, that this is government to government. My members continue to ask where we will fit into this dialogue. I think that's what is most im

Fisheries committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, and good afternoon to the committee members. The Canadian Independent Fish Harvester's Federation represents more than 14,000 independent owner-operators across Canada. Our primary species are lobster, crab, wild salmon, shrimp and groundfish. We produce o

Fisheries committee  Certainly, we've seen an increase in the interest and the support that's been given to science. As far as COVID goes, I think what's important for the committee to understand—and I'll try to do this briefly—is that our fisheries management plans depend on good science. We make d

Fisheries committee  Again, I go back to the issue of having a dedicated table. I would emphasize the diversity in the fishery. It makes it really difficult to just give a simple, straightforward answer when we look at the diversity of the species that are being harvested in our country. How we get t

Fisheries committee  Certainly, Mr. Johns. We had put it into one of our first submissions that this was something we were looking for. We understand there was a decision made when the harvester package came out that the $10,000 would be to cover some of that. I think it's important to remember that

Fisheries committee  It is some relief. There's no doubt about it. When you start to take away fees for licensing or quota access, some of which can be fairly substantial, it's certainly a relief. There's no doubt about it. Yes, if this is something we could do for the new harvesters, the new enterpr

Fisheries committee  There are a couple of different fronts in this discussion. Number one is that the Canadian resource needs to be in the hands of Canadians. This is a huge concern to the federation. There is an erosion of control in terms of some of the state-owned enterprises that are trying to b