Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2006-11-03 13:25:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Garry Breitkreuz (Yorkton\u2014Melville, CPC)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"244790\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, it is a great honour to rise in the House today to support the goals of my Manitoba colleague in Bill <a data-HoCid=\"2152625\" href=\"/bills/39-1/C-222/\" title=\"An Act to recognize and protect Canada\u2019s hunting, trapping and fishing heritage\">C-222, An Act to recognize and protect Canada\u2019s hunting, trapping and fishing heritage</a>.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"244791\" data-originallang=\"en\">I was the first MP to jointly second the bill in April of this year. The member for <a data-HoCid=\"78880\" href=\"/politicians/inky-mark/\" title=\"Inky Mark\">Dauphin\u2014Swan River\u2014Marquette</a>, our neighbour to the east of my constituency of <a data-HoCid=\"78690\" href=\"/politicians/garry-breitkreuz/\" title=\"Garry Breitkreuz\">Yorkton\u2014Melville</a>, is to be commended for his efforts to preserve the practices of hunting, fishing and trapping, practices so central to our history and tradition that they form an integral part of the fabric of our culture.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"244792\" data-originallang=\"en\">There is a growing list of 358 municipalities from every province in Canada that support this groundbreaking piece of legislation. I am eager to engage the efforts of the 77 MPs and senators who comprise the newly formed outdoors caucus, representing all four political parties in this House and all 10 provinces and two territories, and to discuss how we can best accomplish the goals described in Bill <a data-HoCid=\"2152625\" href=\"/bills/39-1/C-222/\" title=\"An Act to recognize and protect Canada\u2019s hunting, trapping and fishing heritage\">C-222</a>.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"244793\" data-originallang=\"en\">We should promote our hunting, fishing and trapping heritage activities, because the men and women who use the outdoors are most interested in preserving the environment. Many groups are seeking to shut down these three traditional heritage activities. Acknowledging and using the considerable resources of the federal government to promote our traditional heritage activities would go a long way to protecting them.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"244794\" data-originallang=\"en\">There is no question that hunting, fishing and trapping are heritage activities. Where would Canada be without them? All of the exploration and settlement of Canada took place mainly because of these three heritage activities, but where do we find recognition of this fact in the old government's websites? Nowhere. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"244795\" data-originallang=\"en\">Hunting, fishing and trapping do not appear in the 221 items listed in the site map of the Canadian heritage department's website. Hunting, fishing and trapping are not a part of Canada Tourism's website. Hunting and trapping are also missing from the Canadian Tourism Commission's website and just 12 fishing lodges are listed. The section on wildlife does not even mention hunting or trapping. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"244796\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nor is there any mention made in any of these three websites with respect to gun shows, shooting competitions, skeet shoots, historic re-enactments, gun clubs, fish and game organizations, wildlife federations or trappers associations, all essential elements of preserving the heritage activities of hunting, fishing and trapping. These three activities are essential to wildlife management and habitat conservation and rehabilitation.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"244797\" data-originallang=\"en\">This certainly indicates a lack of recognition by the old federal government, which Bill <a data-HoCid=\"2152625\" href=\"/bills/39-1/C-222/\" title=\"An Act to recognize and protect Canada\u2019s hunting, trapping and fishing heritage\">C-222</a> proposes to address. This lack of recognition begs the question: how can we protect these heritage activities if we fail to acknowledge that they even exist? In failing to acknowledge these heritage activities, the old government also failed to acknowledge the huge contribution that hunting, fishing and trapping make to Canada's economy and jobs.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"244798\" data-originallang=\"en\">Sustenance hunting is an important part of the lives and survival of thousands of aboriginal and non-aboriginal Canadians, but sport hunting is where the real money is at. In August of this year, the Library of Parliament completed a report entitled \u201cThe Benefits of Firearms Ownership--Hunting and Wildlife Management\u201d. In this paper, Library of Parliament economist Tony Jackson wrote:</p>\n<blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"244799\" data-originallang=\"en\"> The Federal-Provincial-Territorial Task Force on the Importance of Nature to Canadians...is made up of agencies responsible for the environment and tourism. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"244800\" data-originallang=\"en\"> In 1996, 10.3 million Canadians aged 15 and over took part in outdoor activities, with 4.2 million fishing and 1.2 million hunting. According to the survey, men and women enjoy the Canadian outdoors equally; however, 85% of recreational hunters are men, as are 66% of recreational fishers. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"244801\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Respondents were asked to report their detailed expenditures for mainly nature-related activities over a 12-month period. In just under half of the reported trips, the participants undertook more than one activity. The survey estimated that over $7.2 billion was spent on outdoor activities in natural areas in 1996, including $1.3 billion on wildlife viewing as both a primary and secondary activity. Canadians spent $1.9 billion on fishing and $823.8 million on recreational hunting. </p>\n</blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"244802\" data-originallang=\"en\">One of the first tasks of the new outdoors caucus that I co-chair with the hon. member for <a data-HoCid=\"78942\" href=\"/politicians/larry-bagnell/\" title=\"Larry Bagnell\">Yukon</a> will be to ask the environment minister to renew this survey.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"244803\" data-originallang=\"en\">In addition to this direct economic impact, in the last 15 years hunters have devoted 14 million volunteer hours or 1,600 years of personal work to habitat conservation. Hunter licence fees brought in almost $600 million to government treasuries, coupled with approximately $600 million spent on equipment, travel, lodging, guides, tourism and other expenditures.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"244804\" data-originallang=\"en\">Despite the fees and paperwork created by the useless gun registry each year, approximately 70,000 foreign visitors, mainly Americans, come into Canada with their guns to hunt and sport shoot each year.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"244805\" data-originallang=\"en\"> The Canadian Sportfishing Industry Association reports that anglers spend a total of $6.7 billion annually to support their outdoor passion. For example, in the year 2000, recreational fishermen spent $970 million on boat equipment alone. According to the most recent industry reports, in Canada eight million people of all ages fish. Let me repeat that: eight million people.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"244806\" data-originallang=\"en\">In 2000 Canadian anglers devoted over one million volunteer days to cleaning up waterways and fish habitat. In 1999 Canadians spent $1.3 billion on overnight trips for hunting and angling. That is almost three times the revenue obtained from all the performing arts in Canada, including government grants and private donations.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"244807\" data-originallang=\"en\">The Fur Institute of Canada states:</p>\n<blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"244808\" data-originallang=\"en\"> The Fur Trade in Canada contributes approximately $800 million to the Canadian GDP... The Fur Trade in Canada is comprised of approximately 60,000 trappers (includes 25,000 Aboriginal)...The first international marketing for Canada's premier [fur] resource began in 1670 with the establishment of the Hudson's Bay Company. </p>\n</blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"244809\" data-originallang=\"en\">That is what I call a heritage activity.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"244810\" data-originallang=\"en\">Hunting, fishing and trapping are indeed important parts of our heritage. They deserve recognition and protection in keeping with their place in history and to the extent possible, given the respective constitutional jurisdictions of the federal, provincial and territorial governments. That is why I commend my colleague, the member for <a data-HoCid=\"78880\" href=\"/politicians/inky-mark/\" title=\"Inky Mark\">Dauphin\u2014Swan River\u2014Marquette</a>, for his years of work in this important heritage preservation and conservation initiative. I had a motion that I was going to put forward to the committee on the subject of the bill so that the report could be issued by the committee, but I cannot get the consent of the mover and some political parties so there is no sense trying to move forward on that. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"244811\" data-originallang=\"en\">In summary, we need to recognize our heritage activities. The traditional aspect is important to the development of this country. I would urge all members to support this and carry it forward. One of the key things that we have to remember is that these are the people who are most concerned about preserving and enhancing our environment and making sure that we use our outdoors respectfully.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"244812\" data-originallang=\"en\"> I am thankful to have been allowed to address this issue. I hope all members will take to heart the remarks that I have made.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"244790\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, c'est pour moi un grand honneur de prendre la parole et d'appuyer les objectifs propos\u00e9s par mon coll\u00e8gue du Manitoba dans le projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"2152625\" href=\"/bills/39-1/C-222/\" title=\"An Act to recognize and protect Canada\u2019s hunting, trapping and fishing heritage\">C-222, Loi visant \u00e0 reconna\u00eetre et \u00e0 prot\u00e9ger le patrimoine canadien en mati\u00e8re de p\u00eache, de chasse et de pi\u00e9geage</a>.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"244791\" data-originallang=\"en\">J'ai \u00e9t\u00e9 le premier d\u00e9put\u00e9 \u00e0 appuyer conjointement le projet de loi en avril. Le d\u00e9put\u00e9 de <a data-HoCid=\"78880\" href=\"/politicians/inky-mark/\" title=\"Inky Mark\">Dauphin\u2014Swan River\u2014Marquette</a>, notre voisin dont la circonscription est situ\u00e9e \u00e0 l'est de la mienne, celle de <a data-HoCid=\"78690\" href=\"/politicians/garry-breitkreuz/\" title=\"Garry Breitkreuz\">Yorkton\u2014Melville</a>, doit \u00eatre f\u00e9licit\u00e9 des efforts qu'il a d\u00e9ploy\u00e9s pour pr\u00e9server la pratique de la chasse, de la p\u00eache et du pi\u00e9geage, des coutumes primordiales de notre histoire et de notre patrimoine. Cela fait partie int\u00e9grante de notre culture.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"244792\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il y a d\u00e9j\u00e0 358 municipalit\u00e9s de toutes les provinces du Canada qui appuient ce projet de loi novateur. Je suis impatient de mobiliser les efforts des 77 d\u00e9put\u00e9s et s\u00e9nateurs qui forment le nouveau caucus du plein air, o\u00f9 sont repr\u00e9sent\u00e9s les quatre partis politiques de la Chambre, les dix provinces et les deux territoires, pour examiner la meilleure fa\u00e7on de r\u00e9aliser les objectifs d\u00e9crits dans le projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"2152625\" href=\"/bills/39-1/C-222/\" title=\"An Act to recognize and protect Canada\u2019s hunting, trapping and fishing heritage\">C-222</a>.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"244793\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous devrions promouvoir nos activit\u00e9s traditionnelles de la chasse, de la p\u00eache et du pi\u00e9geage, car les amateurs de plein air sont la premi\u00e8re ligne de d\u00e9fense de l'environnement. De nombreux groupes s'acharnent \u00e0 faire abolir ces trois activit\u00e9s traditionnelles. Reconna\u00eetre et utiliser les ressources consid\u00e9rables du gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral pour la promotion de nos activit\u00e9s traditionnelles contribuerait \u00e9norm\u00e9ment \u00e0 leur protection.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"244794\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il est incontestable que la chasse, la p\u00eache et le pi\u00e9geage sont des activit\u00e9s patrimoniales. Que serait le Canada sans elles? Toutes les activit\u00e9s d'exploration et de colonisation du Canada ont eu lieu principalement en raison de ces trois activit\u00e9s patrimoniales, mais o\u00f9 trouvons-nous une reconnaissance de ce fait dans les sites web de l'ancien gouvernement? Nulle part.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"244795\" data-originallang=\"en\">La chasse, la p\u00eache et le pi\u00e9geage n'apparaissent pas dans les 221 articles \u00e9num\u00e9r\u00e9s dans la carte du site web du minist\u00e8re du Patrimoine canadien. La chasse, la p\u00eache et le pi\u00e9geage ne figurent pas dans le site web de Tourisme Canada. La chasse et le pi\u00e9geage sont \u00e9galement absents du site web de la Commission canadienne du tourisme et seulement 12 camps de p\u00eache y sont mentionn\u00e9s. La partie portant sur la faune ne mentionne m\u00eame pas la chasse ou le pi\u00e9geage. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"244796\" data-originallang=\"en\">En outre, aucun de ces trois sites web ne fait mention d'expositions d'armes \u00e0 feu, de concours de tir, de tir au pigeon d'argile, de reconstitution de faits historiques, de clubs de tir, d'organisations de chasse et p\u00eache, de f\u00e9d\u00e9rations de la faune ou d'associations de pi\u00e9geurs, tous des \u00e9l\u00e9ments essentiels pour pr\u00e9server les activit\u00e9s patrimoniales de chasse, de p\u00eache et de pi\u00e9geage. Ces trois activit\u00e9s sont indispensables \u00e0 la gestion de la faune et \u00e0 la conservation et la remise en \u00e9tat de l'habitat.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"244797\" data-originallang=\"en\">Cette situation t\u00e9moigne certes d'une absence de reconnaissance de la part de l'ancien gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral, ce que le projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"2152625\" href=\"/bills/39-1/C-222/\" title=\"An Act to recognize and protect Canada\u2019s hunting, trapping and fishing heritage\">C-222</a> propose de corriger. Cette absence de reconnaissance nous oblige \u00e0 nous demander comment nous pouvons prot\u00e9ger ces activit\u00e9s patrimoniales si nous ne reconnaissons pas leur existence. En ne reconnaissant pas ces activit\u00e9s patrimoniales, l'ancien gouvernement n'a pas reconnu non plus l'\u00e9norme contribution de la chasse, de la p\u00eache et du pi\u00e9geage \u00e0 l'\u00e9conomie et aux emplois du Canada. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"244798\" data-originallang=\"en\">La chasse de subsistance est un \u00e9l\u00e9ment important de la vie et de la survie de milliers de Canadiens autochtones et non autochtones, mais c'est la chasse sportive qui est lucrative. Au mois d'ao\u00fbt de cette ann\u00e9e, la Biblioth\u00e8que du Parlement a publi\u00e9 un rapport intitul\u00e9 \u00ab Les avantages li\u00e9s \u00e0 la propri\u00e9t\u00e9 d'armes \u00e0 feu - gestion de la chasse et de la faune \u00bb. Dans ce rapport, l'\u00e9conomiste de la Biblioth\u00e8que du Parlement Tony Jackson a \u00e9crit:</p>\n<blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"244799\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Le Groupe de travail f\u00e9d\u00e9ral-provincial-territorial sur l'importance de la nature pour les Canadiens [...] est compos\u00e9 d'organismes charg\u00e9s de questions li\u00e9es \u00e0 l'environnement et au tourisme. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"244800\" data-originallang=\"en\"> En 1996, 10,3 millions de Canadiens \u00e2g\u00e9s de 15 ans et plus ont particip\u00e9 \u00e0 des activit\u00e9s de plein air, 4,2 millions d'entre eux s'\u00e9tant adonn\u00e9s \u00e0 la p\u00eache et 1,2 million \u00e0 la chasse. Selon l'enqu\u00eate, les hommes et les femmes appr\u00e9cient les activit\u00e9s de plein air en nombre \u00e9gal; en revanche, 85 p. 100 des chasseurs r\u00e9cr\u00e9atifs sont des hommes, tandis qu'ils repr\u00e9sentent 66 p. 100 des p\u00eacheurs r\u00e9cr\u00e9atifs. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"244801\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Les r\u00e9pondants devaient indiquer leurs d\u00e9penses d\u00e9taill\u00e9es pour les activit\u00e9s reli\u00e9es principalement \u00e0 la nature au cours d'une p\u00e9riode de 12 mois. Dans un peu moins de la moiti\u00e9 des voyages signal\u00e9s, les participants se livraient \u00e0 plus d'une activit\u00e9. L'enqu\u00eate a estim\u00e9 que plus de 7,2 milliards de dollars ont \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9pens\u00e9s en activit\u00e9s de plein air dans les aires naturelles en 1996, y compris une somme de 1,3 milliard de dollars consacr\u00e9e \u00e0 l'observation de la faune comme activit\u00e9 principale et secondaire. Les d\u00e9penses allou\u00e9es \u00e0 la p\u00eache ont atteint 1,9 milliard de dollars, tandis que celles li\u00e9es \u00e0 la chasse r\u00e9cr\u00e9ative se sont chiffr\u00e9es \u00e0 823,8 millions de dollars. </p>\n</blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"244802\" data-originallang=\"en\">L'une des premi\u00e8res t\u00e2ches du nouveau caucus du plein air, dont je suis copr\u00e9sident en compagnie du d\u00e9put\u00e9 de <a data-HoCid=\"78942\" href=\"/politicians/larry-bagnell/\" title=\"Larry Bagnell\">Yukon</a>, consistera \u00e0 demander \u00e0 la ministre de l'Environnement de renouveler le sondage.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"244803\" data-originallang=\"en\">En plus de ces r\u00e9percussions \u00e9conomiques directes, depuis 15 ans, les chasseurs ont consacr\u00e9 14 millions d'heures b\u00e9n\u00e9voles ou 1 600 ann\u00e9es de travail personnel \u00e0 la conservation des habitats. Les droits des permis de chasse ont enrichi le tr\u00e9sor public de presque 600 millions de dollars, sans oublier les quelque 600 millions de dollars qui ont \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9pens\u00e9s pour du mat\u00e9riel, les d\u00e9placements, le logement, les guides et le tourisme, notamment.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"244804\" data-originallang=\"en\">En d\u00e9pit des droits et des tracasseries administratives engendr\u00e9s annuellement par l'inutile registre des armes \u00e0 feu, quelque 70 000 visiteurs \u00e9trangers, des Am\u00e9ricains surtout, viennent au Canada avec leurs fusils pour chasser et pratiquer le tir sportif chaque ann\u00e9e.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"244805\" data-originallang=\"en\">Selon l'Association canadienne de la p\u00eache sportive, les p\u00eacheurs consacrent 6,7 milliards de dollars par ann\u00e9e \u00e0 leur passion du plein air. Par exemple, en 2000, les p\u00eacheurs r\u00e9cr\u00e9atifs ont d\u00e9pens\u00e9 970 millions de dollars \u00e0 l'achat uniquement de mat\u00e9riel d'embarcation. Selon le plus r\u00e9cent rapport de l'industrie, 8 millions de Canadiens de tous \u00e2ges s'adonnent \u00e0 la p\u00eache. Je r\u00e9p\u00e8te, 8 millions de personnes.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"244806\" data-originallang=\"en\">En 2000, les p\u00eacheurs \u00e0 la ligne ont consacr\u00e9 plus d'un million de journ\u00e9es b\u00e9n\u00e9voles au nettoyage de voies d'eau et d'habitats de poisson. En 1999, les Canadiens ont d\u00e9pens\u00e9 1,3 milliard de dollars pour des voyages de chasse ou de p\u00eache de plus de 24 heures. Cela repr\u00e9sente presque le triple des recettes obtenues par les arts de la sc\u00e8ne au Canada, y compris les subventions publiques et les dons priv\u00e9s.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"244807\" data-originallang=\"en\">L'Institut de la fourrure du Canada a d\u00e9clar\u00e9:</p>\n<blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"244808\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Au Canada, le commerce de la fourrure repr\u00e9sente environ 800 millions de dollars du PIB [...] On y compte environ 60 000 trappeurs (dont 25 000 trappeurs autochtones) [...] La commercialisation internationale de la premi\u00e8re richesse [c'est-\u00e0-dire les fourrures] du Canada a d\u00e9but\u00e9 en 1670 par la cr\u00e9ation de la Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson. </p>\n</blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"244809\" data-originallang=\"en\">Voil\u00e0 ce que j'appelle une activit\u00e9 patrimoniale.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"244810\" data-originallang=\"en\">La chasse, la p\u00eache et le pi\u00e9geage font partie int\u00e9grante de notre patrimoine. Ils m\u00e9ritent qu'on reconnaisse et qu'on prot\u00e8ge leur place dans l'histoire, dans la mesure du possible, conform\u00e9ment aux comp\u00e9tences constitutionnelles respectives des gouvernements f\u00e9d\u00e9ral, provinciaux et territoriaux. Je f\u00e9licite donc mon coll\u00e8gue, le d\u00e9put\u00e9 de <a data-HoCid=\"78880\" href=\"/politicians/inky-mark/\" title=\"Inky Mark\">Dauphin\u2014Swan River\u2014Marquette</a>. Depuis des ann\u00e9es, il travaille \u00e0 cette importante initiative de pr\u00e9servation du patrimoine. Je voulais pr\u00e9senter une motion au comit\u00e9 au sujet du projet de loi afin que le comit\u00e9 puisse publier le rapport, mais je n'ai pas le consentement de l'auteur du projet de loi et de certains partis politiques. J'y ai donc renconc\u00e9.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"244811\" data-originallang=\"en\">En somme, nous devons reconna\u00eetre l'importance de nos activit\u00e9s patrimoniales. L'aspect traditionnel est essentiel au d\u00e9veloppement du pays. J'exhorte tous les d\u00e9put\u00e9s \u00e0 appuyer le projet de loi et \u00e0 le faire passer \u00e0 une \u00e9tape ult\u00e9rieure. Il ne faut pas oublier que ce sont ces gens qui sont les plus soucieux de pr\u00e9server et d'am\u00e9liorer notre environnement et de veiller \u00e0 ce que nous syons respectueux de la nature. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"244812\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je suis heureux d'avoir pu intervenir \u00e0 ce sujet. J'esp\u00e8re que les d\u00e9put\u00e9s prendront \u00e0 coeur les propos que je viens de tenir.</p>"
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