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Fisheries and Oceans


Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Fisheries and Oceans

First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16-17-18

Chair: The Honourable FABIAN MANNING


Tuesday, December 12, 2017
Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Thursday, February 1, 2018

Issue No. 24

Consideration of a draft agenda (future business)

and

Third, fourth and fifth meetings:
Bill S-238, An Act to amend the Fisheries Act and the Wild Animal and Plant Protection and Regulation of International and Interprovincial Trade Act (importation of shark fins)


WITNESSES

Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Environment and Climate Change Canada:

Basile van Havre, Director General, Domestic and International Biodiversity Policy, Canadian Wildlife Service;

Sheldon Jordan, Director General, Wildlife Enforcement Directorate.

Fisheries and Oceans Canada:

Randy Jenkins, Acting Senior Director, Integrated Resource Management;

Brian Lester, Assistant Director, Integrated Resource Management;

Nadia Bouffard, Director General, External Relations.

Tuesday, January 30, 2018

As an individual:

Joanna Hui, Shark Advocate (by video conference).

Toronto City Council:

Kristyn Wong-Tam, City Councillor, Ward 27, Toronto Centre-Rosedale.

Sharkwater:

Sandra Stewart;

Brian Stewart.

Humane Society International:

Iris Ho, Wildlife Program Manager (by video conference).

Oceana Canada:

Kim Elmslie, Campaign Director.

Thursday, February 1, 2018

Environment and Climate Change Canada:

Sheldon Jordan, Director General, Wildlife Enforcement Directorate;

Carolina Caceres, Manager, CITES.

Fisheries and Oceans Canada:

Brian Lester, Assistant Director, Integrated Resource Management;

Nadia Bouffard, Director General, External Relations.


MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Fabian Manning, Chair

The Honourable Marc Gold, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Christmas, *Day (or Mercer), Greene, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare) (or Mitchell), Hartling, MacDonald, McInnis, Mercer, Mitchell, Munson, Poirier, Raine, Ringuette, Saint-Germain, *Smith (or Martin), Watt, *Woo (or Saint-Germain)

*Ex officio members

(Quorum 4)

Changes in membership of the committee:

Pursuant to rule 12-5 and to the order of the Senate of November 7, 2017, membership of the committee was amended as follows:

The Honourable Senator Poirier replaced the Honourable Senator Ataullahjan (January 31, 2018).

The Honourable Senator MacDonald replaced the Honourable Senator Plett (January 30, 2018).

The Honourable Senator Ataullahjan replaced the Honourable Senator Poirier (January 30, 2018).

The Honourable Senator Christmas replaced the Honourable Senator Pate (December 14, 2017).

The Honourable Senator Pate replaced the Honourable Senator Bovey (December 13, 2017).

The Honourable Senator Bovey replaced the Honourable Senator Christmas (December 12, 2017).

The Honourable Senator Plett replaced the Honourable Senator MacDonald (December 7, 2017).

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