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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1999

Meeting No. 26

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.

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

Acting Members present: Charles Hubbard for Nancy Karetak-Lindell, Marcel Proulx for Lou Sekora.

In attendance: From the Library of Parliament: Alan Nixon.

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

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