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House Hansard - 77

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 30, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 77 - May/30/22
The Assistant Deputy Speaker (Mrs. Carol Hughes)
  • May/30/22 4:29:50 p.m.
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I thank the hon. member. I will have to go back and review the blues. I am not sure what the hon. member actually said, but I can go and review the blues. I am not sure if the hon. member wants to respond to that as he is resuming. There are only 18 seconds left before he has questions and comments. The hon. member.
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Context: House Hansard - 77 - May/30/22
Mr. Mark Gerretsen (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons (Senate), Lib.)
  • May/30/22 7:10:44 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for his intervention today, and particularly for focusing on some of the recommendations that he thought were important. There were some other recommendations that never made it into the report. They were part of a dissenting report that I think would have been equally, if not more, beneficial for policy creation. That was specifically with respect to the committee conducting, at its earliest opportunity, a full statutory review of the Conflict of Interest Act as well as the Lobbying Act. Could the member comment on whether he thinks that looking at those particular acts would be more beneficial in ensuring that issues raised in committee and raised in the public were properly, and more efficiently and effectively, dealt with?
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Context: House Hansard - 77 - May/30/22
Mr. Tom Kmiec
  • May/30/22 7:11:43 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I thank the member for referring to that dissenting report the committee agreed to and sent to the House of Commons. I will refer to recommendation 11, though, which is on the powers of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada. It is “That the Government of Canada introduce legislative changes to the Lobbying Act to give the Commissioner of Lobbying real powers to investigate, issue fines and impose lobbying bans to those who disregard the Act.” I think it is much better than that other recommendation, which was asking for a review. Here the committee agreed to direct the government, saying, “Do these things. This is a good idea. Change this part so the Commissioner of Lobbying has some teeth and can actually do their job and prevent future wrongdoing.”
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Context: House Hansard - 77 - May/30/22
Hon. Joyce Murray
  • May/30/22 8:48:07 p.m.
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Madam Chair, we will review it and will, of course, respond.
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Mrs. Caroline Desbiens
  • May/30/22 11:09:32 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, how many quota transfer violations are currently under review?
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Context: House Hansard - 77 - May/30/22
Hon. Joyce Murray
  • May/30/22 11:55:12 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, we do have a process, the CSAS process, which provides the opportunity for peer review of science. I understand what the member is saying when she says that there has been some recent research that has come out since the CSAS report that determined minimal risk. At a certain point, when there is a body of work that has not been reviewed, I will be requesting that another peer review process take place through CSAS so that we can update our analysis of the risk to wild salmon.
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Context: House Hansard - 77 - May/31/22
Mr. Gord Johns
  • May/31/22 12:05:29 a.m.
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Mr. Chair, will the minister tell us how many cases are under review then of those that are in violation?
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