PM Harper, East Coast Perennial Problem -&- Plans

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Memory Lane & Much Work for Ministers

1998: Fishery -- France -- St. Pierre and Miquelon EDITED HANSARD • NUMBER 120

Fisheries

Mr. Bill Matthews (Burin—St. George's, PC): Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans has closed the last remaining Atlantic salmon fishery on the Labrador coast. The closure of this fishery is the result of a serious decline in Atlantic salmon returning to our rivers to spawn.

While our own salmon fishery is shut down, just nine miles off our coast the French islands of St. Pierre et Miquelon are still carrying on a commercial salmon fishery. Yet these French islands have no salmon rivers. They are not contributing to the resource.

Why are our own fishermen forced to welfare while the French fishermen harvest Atlantic salmon? And while he is on his feet—

The Speaker: The hon. minister of fisheries.

Hon. David Anderson (Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, the hon. member is correct that the last commercial salmon fishery has been closed down. The recreational fishery is still continuing in Atlantic Canada and there are many excellent opportunities for people who wish to take advantage of that.

With reference to the French islands of St. Pierre et Miquelon, there is approximately 500 fish taken there. It is approximately 3% of the take in the northern area of Labrador which was closed.

So why did these little French islands between Newfoundland and Nova Scotia flex their territorial muscles, cutting into a fishery which could only be further depleted by their actions. Maybe it wasn't the fish ..... keep reading.

We will now be discussing with the French. Now that we have closed our commercial fishery we will be discussing with the French, and also with the Danes with respect to Greenland because we want to make sure that high seas— [....]

NATURAL RESOURCES -- 2000

Mr. Peter Mancini (Sydney—Victoria, NDP): Mr. Speaker, the development of the oil rich Laurentian sub-basin presents an enormous economic opportunity to the people of Cape Breton, the people of Newfoundland, and Canadians.

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The Conservative Government of Nova Scotia and the Liberal Government of Newfoundland are engaged in a jurisdictional fight. The project is in jeopardy. The companies are looking at setting up in St. Pierre and Miquelon, taking with them hundreds of jobs and millions of dollars in royalties.

When will the federal government exercise a leadership role, help settle the dispute and ensure that the economic benefits come to the people of Atlantic Canada and not to the treasury of France?

Mr. Brent St. Denis (Parliamentary Secretary to Minister of Natural Resources, Lib.): [. . . . ] The report of the agent is still being evaluated. [.... ]

The oil fields, the Maritimes area in question, St. Pierre and Miquelon which belong to France, and a Husky Oil ship -- White Rose is one of Li Ka shing's companies.





Kyoto Greenhouse Gases

Rogue Nation Has Become Consensus Builder James M. Taylor, Environment News, Jan. 1, 06 -- via CNEWS forum gl1800, 12/29/2005

[....] As the European economy stumbles under its Kyoto burden, energy-intensive industry is relocating to China, where the government refuses to cut greenhouse gas emissions and where the economy sizzles. As Blair and others have come to realize, all the promised cuts in European greenhouse gas emissions will fail to make any dent in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels if cuts in Western emissions are outweighed by corresponding increases in Chinese emissions. [.... if they can just get control of Canadian oil -- lots of it -- Check whether Total is involved ....... ]

Tony Blair and other world leaders have come to realize that if you love "That 70s Show," wait until you see a rerun of "That 70s Economy" throughout Europe if the EU fails to follow Bush's lead on global warming.

By the way, is it Kyoto, cultural diversity or something else that Paul Martin wants to work on with the UN? Shipping? Fixing the corruption?