Fisheries Act
Bill to Amend--Message from Commons--Motion for Concurrence in Commons Amendments and Non-Insistence Upon Senate Amendments Adopted
June 18, 2019
Senator Wallin, we have 1 minute and 43 seconds left of Senator Manning’s time.
Honourable senator, I’m surprised you were old enough to remember the constitutional debates when the then-Prime Minister talked about fish swimming.
I want to ask for your thoughts on what this means for farmers. We’ve talked about the mining industry, about Cameco and those issues. We have had situations during wet periods in Saskatchewan where farmland was literally flooded. It was not that they were digging dugouts for water supplies. They were flooded. With that came minnows and whatnot in ditches and very temporary basins of water on properties, at lakes, behind businesses, et cetera. Where are we on that issue with this bill?
Sorry, Senator Manning, but your time has expired. Are you asking for five more minutes?
Your Honour, how about half an hour?
Is leave granted, honourable senators?
I hear a “no.” I’m sorry, Senator Manning.
Are honourable senators ready for the question?
It was moved by the Honourable Senator Harder, seconded by the Honourable Senator Bellemare, that in relation to Bill C-68, An Act to amend the Fisheries Act and other Acts, the Senate — may I dispense?
Is it your pleasure, honourable senators, to adopt the motion?
Some Hon. Senators: Agreed.
An Hon. Senator: On division.
(Motion agreed to, on division.)
