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House Hansard - 77

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 30, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 77 - May/30/22
Hon. Joyce Murray (Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, Lib.)
  • May/30/22 3:09:08 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, all fisheries are important. All conservation measures are intended to make sure that we maintain a healthy stock. That is the responsibility of DFO. With respect to the capelin decision, we are reviewing the science. We will be coming out very soon with a determination for the harvesters in the coming weeks.
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Context: House Hansard - 77 - May/30/22
Hon. Joyce Murray
  • May/30/22 8:26:54 p.m.
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Madam Chair, I am pleased to have been able to provide moderate lively fishery in the elver fishery for those who were asking for it. With the co-operation of the non-indigenous harvesters, we were able to utilize the—
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Context: House Hansard - 77 - May/30/22
Hon. Joyce Murray
  • May/30/22 8:50:21 p.m.
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Madam Chair, I would like to mention the fish harvester benefit that was made available by our government when there were concerns due to COVID that the fishers may not be able to go out and earn their living on the oceans. Close to $150 million was paid out to fish harvesters who were self-employed and did not have access to other benefits. In a situation like that, we stood up a program very quickly, and I know that fish harvesters appreciated that. When there are reductions in stock and—
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Ms. Lisa Marie Barron
  • May/30/22 9:08:07 p.m.
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Madam Chair, owner-operator licencing in the Atlantic means independent harvesters and communities benefit from our fishing industry. However, corporate concentration of processing facilities threatens their ability to get a reasonable price for their catch. How is the minister working to ensure this budget supports independent harvesters and the communities that rely on them?
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Context: House Hansard - 77 - May/30/22
Hon. Joyce Murray
  • May/30/22 10:29:11 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, I am happy to say I spent countless hours and days out in the wind and weather, often on the coast, doing hard work with my hands, so I have a real appreciation for what fish harvesters do.
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Context: House Hansard - 77 - May/30/22
Mr. Clifford Small
  • May/30/22 10:32:05 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, the minister has a responsibility to harvesters. Capelin will show up any day in 4R. When will they see a management plan?
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Hon. Joyce Murray
  • May/30/22 10:34:33 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, in collecting data to make assessments, we do consult with harvesters and others.
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Context: House Hansard - 77 - May/30/22
Hon. Joyce Murray
  • May/30/22 10:36:25 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, discussions are a collaborative process. Harvesters are part of that as well and DFO considers all of the inputs of knowledgeable people who are part of the advisory groups.
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Context: House Hansard - 77 - May/30/22
Mr. Clifford Small
  • May/30/22 10:39:10 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, pinnipeds consume 24 times more fish than are caught by harvesters in Atlantic Canada each year. What is the plan to keep those MPAs from becoming buffets for seals?
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Mrs. Caroline Desbiens
  • May/30/22 11:07:01 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, I am pleased to hear that. I hope the volunteers of the Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary have heard that they may get some financial support. While we are on the subject, may I also suggest that the old Canadian Coast Guard ships be modified, refitted and offered to the Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary, since they do not have suitable ships either? I would also like to talk about independent harvesters and owner-operators. Do the minister and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans support independent harvesters?
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Context: House Hansard - 77 - May/30/22
Hon. Joyce Murray
  • May/30/22 11:07:53 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, I want to thank the member for her question. Yes, we support independent harvesters with fishery allocations and with data on both sea and fishing conditions. We have new regulations in place for independent harvesters.
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Context: House Hansard - 77 - May/30/22
Mrs. Caroline Desbiens
  • May/30/22 11:08:30 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, the minister just said that she supports independent harvesters and coastal communities. Does she feel that the policies and regulations that protect them are being respected?
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Context: House Hansard - 77 - May/30/22
Hon. Joyce Murray
  • May/30/22 11:08:55 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, I thank the member for her question. I believe she is talking about independent inshore harvesters. It is the independent fishers who are in the inshore fishery, as opposed to the big commercial boats. We have regulations that protect the continuity of the independent inshore fishery.
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Hon. Joyce Murray
  • May/30/22 11:13:11 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, all catch landed by independent harvesters is processed in local communities.
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Context: House Hansard - 77 - May/30/22
Hon. Joyce Murray
  • May/30/22 11:31:22 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, it is a great opportunity for me to point out just how rich and abundant we are in fisheries resources here in Canada, with 90% of our fisheries in healthy shape, and to the benefit of the harvesters, the communities and the whole—
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Context: House Hansard - 77 - May/30/22
Hon. Joyce Murray
  • May/30/22 11:33:33 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, it is with the best data we can accumulate, and often it is from fish harvesters.
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Context: House Hansard - 77 - May/30/22
Hon. Joyce Murray
  • May/30/22 11:43:24 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, that is absolutely our intention, and we will be collaborating with the indigenous communities, with harvesters and with others to do just that.
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Context: House Hansard - 77 - May/31/22
Hon. Joyce Murray (Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, Lib.)
  • May/31/22 12:00:37 a.m.
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Mr. Chair, yes, I understand the difficulties when the crab licences were allocated due to a court decision to the local first nations. It would be great to just add some licences, but because of conservation concerns that is not possible. We are now working with harvesters and have a budget to negotiate a settlement for that capacity.
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Context: House Hansard - 77 - May/31/22
Hon. Joyce Murray
  • May/31/22 12:03:26 a.m.
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Mr. Chair, harvest transformation is one of the key pillars of the Pacific salmon initiative. That means we will be consulting. We will be working with harvesters and working with industry, again on a “willing buyer, willing seller” basis.
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Context: House Hansard - 77 - May/31/22
Mr. Gord Johns
  • May/31/22 12:14:14 a.m.
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Mr. Chair, other industries, such as forestry and agriculture, have also faced massive upheavals for the same reasons that fisheries are being forced to restructure, such as climate events and newly developed conservation policies, yet workers and owner-operators in these resource-adjacent industries have been heavily supported both federally and provincially with funding to withstand the transitions, retrain into other vocations and pay out to bridge to early retirement. Why are commercial fish harvesters being treated inequitably compared to workers in other impacted industries? There is a man in my riding, Leith Selvie, who is a commercial fisher in Parksville. He has not gotten any support since the government shut 60% of the fisheries on the north coast. Will the minister speak about bailing out these fishers and supporting them like other sectors?
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