Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Fisheries and Oceans

Second Session, Thirty-ninth Parliament, 2007-08

Chair: The Honourable BILL ROMPKEY, P.C.

Monday, June 2, 2008
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Thursday, June 12, 2008 (in camera)

Issue No. 10

Seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first meetings on:

Issues relating to the federal government's current and evolving policy framework for managing Canada's fisheries and oceans (Arctic Study)

INCLUDING:
THE FOURTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(The Coast Guard in Canada's Arctic: Interim Report)

APPEARING:

The Honourable Olayuk Akesuk, M.L.A.,
Minister of Environment, Government of Nunavut

The Honourable Patterk Netser, M.L.A.,
Minister of Economic Development and Transportation, Government of Nunavut

The Honourable Peter Kilabuk,
Member of the Legislative Assembly for Pangnirtung, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly

WITNESSES:

Monday, June 2, 2008 (morning meeting)

Department of Environment, Government of Nunavut:

Simon Awa, Deputy Minister;

Wayne Lynch, Director, Fisheries and Sealing;

Earle Baddaloo, Director, Environmental Protection.

Department of Economic Development and Transportation, Government of Nunavut:

Rosemary Keenainak, Deputy Minister;

John Hawkins, Acting Deputy Minister, Transportation Branch.

Legislative Assembly of Nunavut:

Peter Kattuk, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Hudson Bay.

Nunavuummi Tasiujarjuamiuguqatigiit katutjiqatigiingit (NTK):

John MacDougall.

Monday, June 2, 2008 (afternoon meeting)

City of Iqaluit:

Glenn Williams, Councilor.

Nunavut Association of Municipalities:

Lewis Gidzinski, Infrastructure Research Manager.

Nunavut Economic Forum:

Glenn Cousins, Executive Director.

Baffin Regional Chamber of Commerce:

Hal Timar, Executive Director.

Nunavut Wildlife Association:

Michael d'Eca, Legal Advisor;

Jim Noble, Chief Operating Officer.

Monday, June 2, 2008 (evening session)

As an individual:

John Amagoalik, Director, Lands and Resources, Qikiqtani Inuit Association.

Desgagnés Transarctik Inc.:

Waguih Rayes, General Manager.

As an individual:

Aaju Peter.

Thursday, June 5, 2008

Municipality of Pangnirtung:

Adamie Komoartok, Deputy Mayor of Pangnirtung;

Ron Mongeau, Senior Administrative Officer.

Pangnirtung Hunters and Trappers Organization:

Leopa Akpalialuk, Vice-Chairman.

Pangnirtung Fisheries:

Don Cunningham, General Manager;

Manasa Evic, Chairman of the Board.

Cumberland Sound Fisheries:

Joopa Gowdluapik, Chairman of the Board.

Baffin Fisheries Coalition:

Johnny Mike, Director.

As individuals:

Levi Evic;

Eric Joamie;

Gita Laidler;

Davidee Arnankak;

Noah Metiq;

Jamesie Mike.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Bill Rompkey, P.C., Chair

The Honourable Ethel Cochrane, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Adams, Cook, Comeau, Cowan, Gill, *Hervieux-Payette, P.C. (or Tardif), Hubley, Johnson, *LeBreton, P.C. (or Comeau), Meighen, Robichaud, P.C., Watt

*Ex officio members

(Quorum 4)