Natural Resources committee  I mentioned a few things in my presentation. We are seeing it every day, more and more, with increasing storms. As I said, there are species that are moving. That means different impacts for fisheries—who can access those, who gets to fish and where they get to fish. I think we ourselves are struggling with the balance and complexities.

Natural Resources committee  I'll probably defer to my colleagues at East Coast Environmental Law as to whether there needs to be an amendment for that or not, but we have put forward an idea that we want to see in the “purpose” section. We would like to see it reflect the mandate of the new acts and aim to include language that we're looking at, about renewable energy transition and acknowledging the urgency of moving away from climate change and fossil fuels.

Natural Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, for the opportunity to address the committee. My name is Shannon Arnold. I am the associate director of marine programs at the Ecology Action Centre. We're based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. For over 50 years, the Ecology Action Centre has taken leadership on critical environmental issues, from biodiversity protection to climate change to environmental justice.