Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2011-09-19 15:20:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Keith Ashfield (Minister of Fisheries and Oceans and Minister for the Atlantic Gateway, CPC)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2469208\"> Mr. Speaker, the St. John\u2019s marine rescue sub-centre, MRSC, will be consolidated into the joint rescue coordination centre, JRCC, in Halifax. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2469209\">In response to (a), 12 positions at MRSC St. John\u2019s will be affected by this consolidation (I, ii). The cost associated with this consolidation cannot be determined until the implementation plan is rolled out, along with measures to deal with affected staff. It is expected that there will be training, accommodation and refit costs. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2469210\">In response to (b), to enhance operations at JRCC Halifax following the consolidation, six new full-time search and rescue mission coordinator positions will be created. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2469211\">In response to (c), the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans made a public statement to the press advising of the MRSC/JRCC consolidations on June 7, 2011. The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador was not advised of the closures through a process separate from this public statement.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2469212\">In response to (d), this consolidation is part of the Government of Canada\u2019s strategic review exercise, which requires that federal departments make reductions of 5% to their operating budgets by finding efficiencies. The strategic review was an internal exercise. To respect cabinet confidentiality, public consultations were not conducted. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2469213\">In response to (e), the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans has received emails, letters and petitions regarding this consolidation from various organizations, levels of government, and private citizens, including the Union of Canadian Transportation Employees, the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, the St. John\u2019s Board of Trade, the St. John\u2019s East NDP Riding Association, and the Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary, Newfoundland and Labrador.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2469208\"> Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le Centre r\u00e9gional de sauvetage maritime, CRSM, de St. John\u2019s sera fusionn\u00e9 avec le Centre conjoint de coordination de sauvetage, JRCC, \u00e0 Halifax. Les r\u00e9ponses aux questions a) \u00e0 e) sont les suivantes:</p>\n<p class=\"procedural\" data-HoCid=\"2469209\"> (a) Douze postes au MRSC de St. John\u2019s seront affect\u00e9s par cette fusion. (i, ii) Les co\u00fbts li\u00e9s \u00e0 cette fusion ne peuvent pas \u00eatre d\u00e9termin\u00e9s jusqu\u2019\u00e0 ce que le plan de mise en \u0153uvre soit d\u00e9ploy\u00e9 avec les mesures pour g\u00e9rer le personnel touch\u00e9. On s\u2019attend \u00e0 ce qu\u2019il y ait des co\u00fbts de formation, d\u2019accommodation et de r\u00e9am\u00e9nagement. </p>\n<p class=\"procedural\" data-HoCid=\"2469210\">(b) Pour am\u00e9liorer les op\u00e9rations au JRCC de Halifax apr\u00e8s la fusion, six nouveaux postes \u00e0 temps plein de coordonnateur de mission de recherche et sauvetage seront cr\u00e9\u00e9s. </p>\n<p class=\"procedural\" data-HoCid=\"2469211\">(c) Le minist\u00e8re des P\u00eaches et des Oc\u00e9ans a annonc\u00e9 publiquement aux m\u00e9dias la fusion du MRSC et du JRCC le 7 juin 2011. Le gouvernement de Terre Neuve et Labrador n\u2019a pas \u00e9t\u00e9 inform\u00e9 des fermetures autrement que par l\u2019interm\u00e9diaire de cette d\u00e9claration publique.</p>\n<p class=\"procedural\" data-HoCid=\"2469212\">(d) Cette fusion fait partie l\u2019exercice d\u2019examen strat\u00e9gique du gouvernement du Canada, qui exige que les minist\u00e8res f\u00e9d\u00e9raux r\u00e9duisent de 5 p. 100 leurs budgets de fonctionnement en trouvant des gains d\u2019efficience. L\u2019examen strat\u00e9gique a \u00e9t\u00e9 un exercice interne. Pour respecter la confidentialit\u00e9 du Cabinet, aucune consultation publique n\u2019a \u00e9t\u00e9 men\u00e9e.</p>\n<p class=\"procedural\" data-HoCid=\"2469213\"> (e) Le ministre des P\u00eaches et des Oc\u00e9ans a re\u00e7u des courriels, des lettres et des p\u00e9titions concernant cette fusion de la part d\u2019organisations, de fonctionnaires et de citoyens de toute sorte, notamment : l\u2019Union canadienne des employ\u00e9s des transports, le gouvernement de Terre Neuve et Labrador, la St. John\u2019s Board of Trade, l\u2019association de circonscription du NPD de St. John\u2019s Est et la Garde c\u00f4ti\u00e8re auxiliaire canadienne de Terre Neuve et Labrador. </p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2011/9/19/keith-ashfield-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/keith-ashfield/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/941/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "p2469208",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Routine Proceedings",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Questions on the Order Paper",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h3": {
        "en": "Question No. 51",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2011/9/19/",
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