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Melissa Lukings
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Melissa Lukings
2021-06-07 12:56
We don't need more regulations of surface web content. We don't. We just need to use the laws we have. We have a Privacy Commissioner, so let's have that person do their privacy commissioning and apply the laws we have. I don't think we need to add anything, and I absolutely do believe that adding in new regulations will put people at risk of exploitation and other types of harm and will push traffic onto anonymized networks.
We don't need more regulation. That's the opposite of what we need.
View Wayne Easter Profile
Lib. (PE)
Amendment BQ-4 is lost.
On clause 158 as it is currently written, Mr. Clerk, could you do a recorded vote on that?
(Clause 158 negatived: nays 6; yeas 5)
(On clause 159)
The Chair: We are turning now to division 6, “Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act (Sergei Magnitsky Law)”.
Who's on that? Is it you again, Ms. O'Brien? It's clause 159.
View Mel Arnold Profile
CPC (BC)
It's been interesting hearing your explanations or reinterpretation on the tubbing regulation today, but no one from DFO, including the minister, provided all of these explanations earlier in the year when the fiasco came to light. Is there a reason that the explanations you brought today were not offered to Canadians in March?
Rebecca Reid
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Rebecca Reid
2021-05-26 16:30
I can't answer specifically to that, other than to say that we did have conversations with the industry representatives. We have a regular advisory process. Those meetings took place, and it was through them that we worked on a solution.
In my view, we did have those conversations and we did attempt to clarify our needs in terms of the regulatory compliance and to understand the interest of the industry in ensuring that their markets were protected.
View Gord Johns Profile
NDP (BC)
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
My concern is that I still haven't heard a good reason why you reinterpreted the regulations. I just want a quick answer, yes or no, that you're doing this because of the size. You're worried that you can't access the tubbing because you can't thaw it out and look at it, and you're worried about size. Is that what you're measuring?
Rebecca Reid
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Rebecca Reid
2021-05-26 16:45
I'm sorry, but I would have to disagree with the characterization of reinterpreting the rules. The rules have been in place, and we haven't changed them at all.
View Blaine Calkins Profile
CPC (AB)
Thank you, Mr. Acting Chair, in your new role.
I want to thank the Department of Fisheries and Oceans for doing something that not even the COVID-19 pandemic could do, which is to bring the four political parties together in unanimous agreement about something that appears to be an egregious overstep on behalf of the government. I've never seen, in the 15 years I've been an MP, an instance when absolutely nobody among the elected officials sitting around the table is in agreement with what the government has done. I have heard no justification that would change anybody's mind at this point.
Here is my first question. Is there any indication that prawn populations are in decline because of tubbing?
Rebecca Reid
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Rebecca Reid
2021-05-26 16:52
First of all, to the committee, we are doing our best to respond to your questions. I am sensing a lot of frustration and concern.
The issue around tubbing is about products being readily available. That regulation is across the board, so it's not just related to prawns. It applies in this case, and it was raised as part of a separate conversation because tubbing is becoming more common. It was raised as an issue in connection with our need to make sure we can inspect the product and how best to do that. That led to the conversation about whether or not inspection is possible with tubs and ultimately to the development of the interim protocol.
From my perspective, the issue was raised; it was discussed appropriately with the association, and a solution, which we agreed to, was found. We need to continue to work together.
This is a very typical process when working with industry reps. Issues are raised, we work on them, and we do our best to resolve them.
View Ken Hardie Profile
Lib. (BC)
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Ms. Reid, we heard that prior to the pandemic and the world market slowing down, tubbing accounted for about 10% of the catch. During the pandemic, you've noticed it has gone up to 20%, but it would seem reasonable to suspect that it's going to go back down again, because those international markets are much more lucrative than the domestic market.
Why do we need to do this when the number of infractions is low? We don't expect tubbing to increase in frequency once things get back to normal. Is it not possible for you to simply say, “You know what? Nice try. Not working. Let's just do an Etch A Sketch on this thing and go back.”
Rebecca Reid
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Rebecca Reid
2021-05-26 17:22
We actually have found a reasonable solution that addresses the concerns, and for me, being able to implement the regulation is an appropriate measure for us to take.
View Dan Mazier Profile
CPC (MB)
Thank you, Chair, and thank you to the witnesses today.
This has been great testimony. It's nice to hear that you feel you're being heard.
I'm still really taken aback by how you feel from the repercussions of what you're doing in standing up for yourselves. I can't get over that, and in Canada, of all places.
Do you believe that DFO and the minister should completely reverse this regulatory reinterpretation and return to the interpretation that was used for the past 50 years? That question is for every one of you.
Sonia Strobel
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Sonia Strobel
2021-05-26 18:16
Yes, absolutely. That seems to be the most logical solution.
Louise Aerts
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Louise Aerts
2021-05-25 12:07
Thank you, Madam Chair and members of the committee. My name is Louise Aerts and I am the board chair of the Canadian Midwifery Regulators Council.
I am speaking to you today from the unceded Coast Salish territory, represented by the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations.
I am pleased to have this opportunity to appear before the committee regarding your study on midwifery services in Canada.
The Canadian Midwifery Regulators Council is a network of provincial and territorial midwifery regulatory authorities. Collectively, we regulate the profession of midwifery in Canada. As is the case with many other health professionals, each jurisdiction has its own midwifery regulatory authority or college, which works to ensure public safety by setting registration requirements, setting and enforcing standards for safe and ethical care, and responding to complaints from the public about midwifery services. Midwives must register with the college in their province or territory in order to practise.
Midwifery is currently regulated in all jurisdictions in Canada except Prince Edward Island. Ontario was the first jurisdiction to regulate in 1993, followed by B.C. in 1998. Yukon is our newest jurisdiction to be regulated. This took effect in April of this year. The CMRC is now supporting P.E.I. as it works to regulate midwifery.
There are fewer than 1,700 practising midwives in Canada. Ontario has the most, with around 800 practising midwives. The next-largest jurisdiction is B.C., with 325. At the other end of the spectrum, there are 10 midwives in the Northwest Territories, six in New Brunswick and six in Newfoundland and Labrador.
I'd like to speak about indigenous midwifery from a regulatory point of view.
Indigenous students may take any of the recognized midwifery education programs in Canada and are eligible for registration in their jurisdiction through the regular channels. Further, Ontario and Quebec have laws that provide exemptions from registration for indigenous midwives working in their communities. In Ontario, the exemption clause has been enacted, but it has not yet been enacted in Quebec.
In B.C., the Midwives Regulation includes the ability to regulate a class of indigenous midwife. This also has not been enacted.
The CMRC's mission is to encourage excellence among Canadian midwifery regulatory authorities through collaboration, harmonization and best practice. Some of these recent efforts have included revised entry-to-practice midwifery competencies, common registration requirements, and a shared letter of standing and professional conduct. We are also working to harmonize self-assessment by midwives, indigenous midwife self-identification, labour mobility and emergency skills training certification.
The CMRC owns and administers the Canadian midwifery registration exam, the CMRE. All midwifery regulatory authorities except Quebec require applicants to successfully complete this exam prior to registration. Each year, 110 to 150 midwifery candidates write the CMRE. These individuals are from our Canadian baccalaureate midwifery education programs or bridging programs for internationally educated midwives.
As evidenced by these numbers, midwifery is a small professional group and is limited in terms of growth by the numbers of graduates entering the profession each year—i.e., under 150 across the country.
The CMRC was disappointed to learn of the closing of Laurentian University's midwifery program. This leaves only six baccalaureate midwifery education programs in the country, and only in the provinces of B.C., Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec. The CMRC hopes that the Laurentian University midwifery program will be relocated to a new university that, like Laurentian, can provide instruction in English and French and serve the needs of indigenous students and communities.
Midwifery regulators in Canada are ready to assist in the creation of indigenous-led pathways for regulation or exemption. We ask that the committee consider ways to expand investment in indigenous midwifery, which includes creating diverse pathways to education.
Midwives play a vital role in the provision of equitable, accessible, culturally safe and high-quality health care. In some jurisdictions, temporary emergency registration has allowed eligible midwives to register quickly, on a short-term basis, to assist with the COVID-19 pandemic efforts. Further, some jurisdictions have issued public health orders that have expanded midwives' scope of practice to fill needs brought about by the pandemic.
Thank you for your time and consideration. I hope these remarks have helped you to understand the regulation of midwifery in Canada. I am happy to take any questions you may have.
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