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Minutes of Proceedings

Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development (ENVI)
42nd Parliament, 1st Session
Meeting No. 13
Tuesday, May 3, 2016, 11:05 a.m. to 1:03 p.m.
Presiding
Deborah Schulte, Chair (Liberal)

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• Sean Casey for Mark Gerretsen (Liberal)
• Rodger Cuzner for Darren Fisher (Liberal)
• Hon. Mark Eyking for Darren Fisher (Liberal)
• Paul Lefebvre for Mark Gerretsen (Liberal)
• Michael V. McLeod for Mike Bossio (Liberal)
• Wayne Stetski for Nathan Cullen (NDP)
Library of Parliament
• Penny Becklumb, Analyst
• Tim Williams, Analyst
Committee Business
The Committee proceeded to the consideration of matters related to Committee business.

Motion

Ed Fast moved, — That the motion adopted by the Committee on February 4 regarding the questioning of witnesses be replaced by the following:

That witnesses from any one organization shall be allowed ten (10) minutes to make their opening statement; and that during the questioning of witnesses, there shall be allocated seven (7) minutes for the first round of questioning; that the order of questions for the first round of questioning shall be as follows: Conservative Party, Liberal Party, New Democratic Party and Liberal Party; that the order of questions for the second round of questioning shall be as follows: Liberal Party: five (5) minutes, Conservative Party: five (5) minutes, Liberal Party: five (5) minutes, Conservative Party: five (5) minutes, New Democratic Party: three (3) minutes; and, that all committee members speak and ask questions of witnesses before a non-committee member present may speak and ask questions of witnesses .

It was agreed, — That the debate be now adjourned and resumed at a subsequent meeting when the regular committee members are in attendance.

Federal Protected Areas and Conservation Objectives
Parks Canada Agency
• Nadine Crookes, Director, Natural Resource Conservation Branch
• Kevin McNamee, Director, Protected Areas Establishment Branch
Office of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development
• Julie Gelfand, Commissioner
• Francine Richard, Director
• George Stuetz, Director
Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
• Allan MacDonald, Director General, Implementation Branch, Treaties and Aboriginal Government
Department of Fisheries and Oceans
• Jeff MacDonald, Director General, Oceans and Fisheries Policy
• Kevin Stringer, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Ecosystems and Fisheries Management
Department of the Environment
• Robert McLean, Director General, Assessment and Regulatory Affairs, Canadian Wildlife Service
• Sue Milburn-Hopwood, Acting Assistant Deputy Minister, Canadian Wildlife Service
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the Committee on February 25, 2016, the Committee commenced its study of federal protected areas and conservation objectives.

Julie Gelfand, Sue Milburn-Hopwood, Kevin Stringer, Kevin McNamee and Allan MacDonald made and, with Robert McLean, Nadine Crookes and Jeff MacDonald, answered questions.

At 1:03 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.



Cynara Corbin
Clerk of the Committee