FOPO Committee Meeting
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Minutes of Proceedings
The Chair called Vote 1b under Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
The Minister made a statement and, with Annette Gibbons and Mario Pelletier, answered questions.
At 5:32 p.m., the meeting was suspended.
At 5:36 p.m., the meeting resumed.
Annette Gibbons, Mario Pelletier, Adam Burns and Niall O’Dea answered questions.
Lisa Marie Barron moved, — That the Committee request Fisheries and Oceans Canada provide documentation detailing in the current fiscal year: a) the amount of the Pacific Salmon Strategy Initiative budget allocation that has been allocated, and the amount spent, for stock assessment; b) under PSSI’s Conservation and Stewardship pillar, the list of specific projects that have received funding commitments and the amounts committed to each project; and c) the total amount of funding that has been disbursed to date since 2021 under each of the strategy’s pillars.
At 6:02 p.m., the meeting was suspended.
At 6:03 p.m., the meeting resumed.
The question was put on the motion and it was agreed to, by a show of hands: YEAS: 11; NAYS: 0.
Questioning of the witnesses resumed.
RULING BY THE CHAIR
The Chair ruled that the committee now do the votes on the credits of the Supplementary Estimates (B), 2024-25.
Whereupon, Rick Perkins appealed the decision of the Chair.
The question: “Shall the decision of the Chair be sustained?” was put and it was agreed to on the following recorded division:
YEAS: Serge Cormier, Ken Hardie, Mike Kelloway, Annie Koutrakis, Robert J. Morrissey – 5;
NAYS: Mel Arnold, Richard Bragdon, Rick Perkins, Clifford Small – 4.
Rick Perkins moved, — That the committee do now adjourn.
The question was put on the motion and it was negatived on the following recorded division:
YEAS: Mel Arnold, Richard Bragdon, Rick Perkins, Clifford Small — 4;
NAYS: Lisa Marie Barron, Serge Cormier, Caroline Desbiens, Ken Hardie, Mike Kelloway, Annie Koutrakis, Robert J. Morrissey — 7.
At 6:29 p.m., the meeting was suspended.
At 6:31 p.m., the meeting resumed.
Vote 1b under Department of Fisheries and Oceans carried on the following recorded division: YEAS: Lisa Marie Barron, Serge Cormier, Caroline Desbiens, Ken Hardie, Mike Kelloway, Annie Koutrakis, Robert J. Morrissey – 7; NAYS: Mel Arnold, Richard Bragdon, Rick Perkins, Clifford Small – 4.
The Chair called Vote 5b under Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
Vote 5b under Department of Fisheries and Oceans carried on the following recorded division: YEAS: Lisa Marie Barron, Serge Cormier, Caroline Desbiens, Ken Hardie, Mike Kelloway, Annie Koutrakis, Robert J. Morrissey – 7; NAYS: Mel Arnold, Richard Bragdon, Rick Perkins, Clifford Small – 4.
The Chair called Vote 10b under Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
Vote 10b under Department of Fisheries and Oceans carried on the following recorded division: YEAS: Lisa Marie Barron, Serge Cormier, Caroline Desbiens, Ken Hardie, Mike Kelloway, Annie Koutrakis, Robert J. Morrissey – 7; NAYS: Mel Arnold, Richard Bragdon, Rick Perkins, Clifford Small – 4.
It was moved, — That the Chair report Vote 1b, 5b and 10b under Department of Fisheries and Oceans and the motion was agreed to on division.
ORDERED, — That the Chair report Votes 1b, 5b, and 10b, under Department of Fisheries and Oceans to the House.
At 6:38 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.