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View Bernadette Jordan Profile
Lib. (NS)
I have been constantly consulting with industry, first nations, environmental organizations, and communities that have been impacted. I have numerous meetings. My departmental officials also meet with them on a regular basis. My staff meet with people on a regular basis, so with regard to...
I want to approach the moderate livelihood issue specifically, because you did bring that up first with regard to the premier's comments. Quite frankly, his comments with regard to having everybody at the table were inappropriate. These are nation-to-nation negotiations. This is something that we do with first nations at the negotiating table. The industry was well aware of what was going on. We met with the industry on a regular basis. I met with industry—
View Richard Bragdon Profile
CPC (NB)
Minister, you know we have only a certain amount of time.
Whether it was the former premier of Nova Scotia or the current provincial government in B.C., it's a common thread. Whether it was industry stakeholders or indigenous leaders on the east and west coasts that we heard from, they all felt that they were not properly consulted or in the loop. Major decisions that affect the livelihood of British Columbians, Atlantic Canadians and Canadians from coast to coast whose livelihoods depend upon these very fisheries are being made, and they're left out of the process. They feel that they're not being heard and they're not part of it. They're frustrated, Minister, and we're hearing this. It isn't us who are saying this; it's the stakeholders who are saying it. It is the people whose livelihoods are being affected who are saying this.
Minister, they want to know that they have your ear, that you're hearing their concerns and that you will enact policies that are going to be responsible towards their future and the future of their families.
View Bernadette Jordan Profile
Lib. (NS)
Thank you, Mr. Bragdon.
I will continue to say that I meet with industry regularly. I meet with my provincial counterparts regularly. I meet with first nations on a regular basis. I—
View Richard Bragdon Profile
CPC (NB)
Minister, before the Discovery Islands decision, did you meet with the provincial minister of fisheries, your counterpart, prior to that decision and talk to them about that decision, yes or no?
View Bernadette Jordan Profile
Lib. (NS)
I had many meetings with Minister Popham. I have had meetings with....
I will continue to have those discussions.
View Richard Bragdon Profile
CPC (NB)
This is breaking news here. It seemed that they were unaware of the timing of this announcement and were unaware that this announcement was going to take place. Did you lay out transition plans, as was recommended by the department? It was recommended that transition plans be made for the sector that was going to be most affected, the B.C. farmers and the aquaculture sector.
How can we say we're for a blue economy, but we don't even allow transition plans or a transition period for them to navigate these types of decisions?
View Bernadette Jordan Profile
Lib. (NS)
My decision on the Discovery Islands was, as I have said many times, not an easy one to make. It was made after there were consultations with the seven first nations in that area, recognizing that this was not a good fit in their territory. This is what I heard from them during the consultation process that I went through with them.
I will say that I have met with the Province of British Columbia. My parliamentary secretary has an ongoing relationship with the Parliamentary Secretary for Fisheries and Aquaculture in British Columbia. I have met with Premier Horgan. I have met with a number of stakeholders on both the west and east coasts, and my departmental officials have continually been meeting as well.
View Richard Bragdon Profile
CPC (NB)
Minister, did you meet with the industry? They have requested a meeting several times.
View Jasraj Singh Hallan Profile
CPC (AB)
Thank you, Madam Chair.
As always, Minister, thank you for coming, and, honestly, thank you for being so accessible to us here in this committee.
The estimates have come out. My immediate questions are the following. We have a dollar amount that's been announced, but we don't see real details on what kind of plan we're going to follow to get there. Have you started any consultations with stakeholders when it comes to how you're going to implement this and how many resources it's going to take, and does it cover cybersecurity as well?
View Marco Mendicino Profile
Lib. (ON)
First, thank you very much to my colleague, MP Hallan, for not only the question but also his ongoing collaboration in this space and his advocacy.
Indeed, my consultations have been ongoing throughout my tenure in this ministry. We routinely engage advocates within immigration. We routinely engage our settlement service providers. We routinely engage parliamentarians, and we routinely engage business leaders so that we can make informed choices, not only with regard to policy but also with regard to the financial resources that re necessary to give effect to that policy. That includes the supplementary estimates, which will ensure that there's $24.5 million set out for additional relief for asylum seekers in the event there is uptake.
In addition to that, budget 2021, as you know, sets in motion a significant down payment on the modernization and transformation of our immigration system, something I know we're all united in, because we know that immigration will accelerate our economic recovery and drive long-term prosperity.
View Kyle Seeback Profile
CPC (ON)
Great. Thanks very much.
Has the department gathered and then analyzed any data as to what the main challenges are for our small municipalities when they're looking at attracting and keeping immigrants in their communities? What would they say are the largest impediments right now? I can think of some off the top of my head, but they aren't backed by any data.
Catrina Tapley
View Catrina Tapley Profile
Catrina Tapley
2021-06-02 17:42
Thank you, Madam Chair.
We've done two things. One, we have done consultations with communities and provinces and territories as we get ready to set up a municipal nominee program. The second is we've gathered good lessons learned from the existing federal regional pilots. I'll come back to that.
One is that smaller rural centres want a role in immigration selection. How do they complement domestic labour market needs? They have dual objectives here, and this is certainly what we've learned under the Atlantic immigration pilot, between economic establishment and retention.
If you will just permit me, I would point out that one problem we tried to solve was the question of retention in smaller communities. When we established the Atlantic immigration pilot in 2017 the goal was to retain more newcomers in the region, as in the provincial nominee program, which I think we would all say has been a success. What wasn't a success in certain regions was retention. In parts of Atlantic Canada I think it got as low as 30% for those being retained, and that's what we wanted to look at.
What do you do as a community with wraparound supports to ensure that newcomers are staying in the community and contributing to the vibrancy of the community? That's what we've heard back from communities themselves on how we do that while looking at some of the other lessons that are there, working with other partners, working with those economic development agencies, the chambers of commerce in the city. It's a whole-of-society effort to make that happen. That's one thing that's come back to us.
View Darren Fisher Profile
Lib. (NS)
Thank you very much, Bill. That segues perfectly with my next question for the commissioner.
The report—as you said, Bill—does make it very clear that the culture within the RCMP is described as “toxic” and that external forces are needed to address this serious problem. I know this means an awful lot to the people back home in my riding in Dartmouth-Cole Harbour, and people all across Canada care very much about this issue.
To the commissioner, what concrete action are you taking to address this? Mr. Motz might have touched on this earlier with a question to the minister, but is the RCMP consulting with any external bodies to address this concern, Commissioner?
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