2017 Fall National CMAC Schedule

Tuesday, December 5, 2017

Time Meeting Location
8:00 – 8:30 Registration Rideau Canal Atrium
Opening Plenary
8:30 – 8:45 Opening Address
Elder Claudette Commanda - From the Algonquins of Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation
Gatineau Salon
(206/208)
8:45 – 9:00 Opening Remarks – Minister Garneau
9:00 – 10:15

Moderated Panel Discussion:

“How government priorities are transforming the marine sector”

Assistant Deputy Ministers from Fisheries and Oceans Canada, the Canadian Coast Guard, Environment and Climate Change Canada, and Transport Canada

10:15 – 10:45 Break  
10:45 – 11:30 Moderated Question and Answer Period Gatineau Salon
(206/208)
11:30 – 13:00 Lunch Break (Please note the Fishing Vessel Safety Regulatory Issues Working Group will meet at 13:00 in Room 201)  
13:00 – 13:40 Update from the Canadian Hydrographic Service Gatineau Salon
(206/208)
13:40 – 14:20 Presentation on Underwater Vessel Noise
14:20 – 15:00 Fee Modernization for the Marine Sector
15:00 – 15:30 Break  
15:30 – 16:00 Presentation on Marine Awareness Information System and Proactive Vessel Management Gatineau Salon
(206/208)
16:00 – 16:30 Update from the Administrator of the Ship-source Oil Pollution Fund
Working Groups
13:00 – 16:30 Fishing Vessel Safety Regulatory Issues Working Group Room 201

Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Time Meeting Location
8:30 – 12:00 Navigation Safety Regulations – Small Vessel Working Group (incl. fishing vessels <150 GT) Room 201
Domestic Vessel Regulatory Oversight Standing Committee Room 205
Recreational Boating Standing Committee (till 13:30 – No lunch break) Room 207
Personnel Standing Committee (full day) Room 206/208
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch Break  
13:00 – 16:30 Marine Security Standing Committee Room 201
Vessel Construction and Equipment Regulations Working Group (13:00 – 14:30)
Construction and Equipment Standing Committee (15:00 – 16:30)
Room 205
Recreational Boating Standing Committee (Ends at 13:30) Room 207
Personnel Standing Committee (continued) (13:00 – 15:00)
Pilotage Working Group (15:30 – 16:30)
Room 206/208

Thursday, December 7, 2017

Time Meeting Location
8:30 – 12:00 Fishing Vessel Safety Standing Committee (full day) Room 201
Standing Committee on Marine Research and Development and Innovation Room 205
Navigation Safety Regulations – Large Vessel Working Group Room 207
Environment Standing Committee (full day) Room 206/208
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch Break  
13:00 – 16:30 Fishing Vessel Safety Standing Committee (full day) Room 201
Marine Occupational Health and Safety (MOHS) Room 205
Navigation and Operations Standing Committee Room 207
Environment Standing Committee (continued) Room 206/208