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Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans FOPO Ï NUMBER 114 Ï 1st SESSION Ï 42nd PARLIAMENT EVIDENCE Tuesday, October 30, 2018 Chair Mr. Ken McDonald 1 Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans Tuesday, October 30, 2018 We have five witnesses. Four are by video conference and one is by teleconference. Ï (1105) [English] We have Christianne Wilhelmson from the Georgia Strait Alliance; David Bain, chief scientist with Orca Conservancy; Moira The Chair (Mr. Ken McDonald (Avalon, Lib.)): I call the Brown, senior scientist with the Canadian Whale Institute; Robert meeting to order. Michaud, scientific director, Group for Research and Education on Good morning, everyone. Pursuant to the order of reference of Marine Mammals; and Lance Barrett-Lennard, director, marine Wednesday, June 6, 2018, we are studying the situation of mammal research program at the Coastal Ocean Research Institute. endangered whales, or as we know it, Motion No. 154. We'll begin with our witnesses giving their statements. Christianne Go ahead, Mr. Doherty. Wilhelmson, you have seven minutes, please. Mr. Todd Doherty (Cariboo—Prince George, CPC): I want to Ms. Christianne Wilhelmson (Executive Director, Georgia ask for an update. Over the weekend, there was a terrible fire in your Strait Alliance): Thank you very much, Mr. Chair and members of neck of the woods, at Hickey & Sons Fisheries at O'Donnell's on St. the committee. Mary's Bay. The fish plant burnt down, potentially stranding about a hundred jobs. Could you provide an update to the committee? Also, My name is Christianne Wilhelmson, and it's my privilege to be your Conservative colleagues want to send, through you, our wishes speaking to you today from the unceded traditional territories of the to those who are impacted.
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