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Minutes

MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS

Meeting No. 26

Tuesday, December 14, 1999

The Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans met in camera at 3:35 p.m. this day, in Room 536, Wellington Building, the Chair, Wayne Easter, presiding.

Member(s) of the Committee present: Yvan Bernier, Claude Drouin, John Duncan, Wayne Easter, Bill Matthews, Charlie Power, Carmen Provenzano, Paul Steckle, Peter Stoffer.

Acting Member(s) present: Charles Hubbard for Nancy Karetak-Lindell, Marcel Proulx for Lou Sekora.

In attendance: From the Library of Parliament: Alan Nixon, Research Officer.

Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), the Committee resumed consideration of the Draft Report on the implications of the September 17^th, 1999 Supreme Court decision of R.v. Marshall on the Management of fisheries in the Atlantic Region.

It was agreed, - That the letter from the Chair to the Honourable Herb Dhaliwal, P.C., M.P., be printed as Appendix A to the Second Report.

It was agreed, - That the Draft Report of the Committee entitled "The Marshall Decision and beyond: Implications for the Management of the Atlantic Fisheries" be adopted as the Committee's Second Report to the House.

It was agreed, That - the Committee Report be printed in accordance with the policy established by the Board of Internal Economy.

It was agreed, - That notwithstanding Standing Order 109, the Committee request that the Government table a comprehensive response to the Report no later than February 7, 2000.

It was agreed, - That the Researcher and the Clerk be authorized to make such typographical and editorial changes as may be necessary without changing the substance of the report.

At 5:20 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

William Farrell

Clerk of the Committee