Clifford Small
- Born
- August 29, 1970
- Education
- College of the North Atlantic, electrical engineering technology
- Career
- Engineering design, fishing business, three restaurants
- Political Experience
- Elected MP for Central Newfoundland in 2021 and 2025. Shadow Minister for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency. Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Shadow Minister.
- Notable
- First Conservative MP from Newfoundland and Labrador since Peter Penashue resigned in 2013. First Conservative MP elected in Newfoundland since Fabian Manning in 2006. Endorsed Pierre Poilievre in the 2022 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election. Grew up in Wild Cove, White Bay.
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Clifford Small won with 21,975 votes (54.1%)
Total votes cast: 40,636
Mr. Speaker, Conservatives have tabled a dissenting report. Beauséjour The then minister of fisheries, the member for, came to Newfoundland and Labrador in 2018 and talked about how massive the unit one redfish fishery would be. Some harvesters invested up to a million dollars, money they would have had to retire on, to prosecute this fishery. When the decision came down, coastal communities and [more]
Thank you, Ms. Garrah. If you'd like to add more to your comment by submitting a written document, you can. Mr. Amyot, $1.6 million has disappeared from the small craft harbours budget with no explanation on that line in the budget as to what will be eliminated by the $1.6-million cut. The people in small craft harbours—and these folks are all volunteers who run the small craft harbours programs [more]
I understand your good intentions. However, I don't know how shutting down these facilities fits into a rebuilding program.
I have a question for you. The sport fishing industry and most of the salmon in British Columbia are worth $1.1 billion to the economy of B.C.—actually, I think it's up to $1.25 billion now—but there doesn't seem to be much will to grow the contribution of the Atlantic salmon to the GDP of Atlantic Canada. What's the difference?
Okay.
Why would you cut that sentinel program in areas where they need it?
Thank you, Mr. Chair. My question is for Mr. O'Dea. The Atlantic salmon live gene banking programs in Mactaquac, New Brunswick, and Coldbrook, Nova Scotia, are being discontinued because of cuts in this year's budget. Most Atlantic salmon runs are in the critical zone, and many consider Atlantic salmon as a whole to be endangered. Why would you take something as precious as our Atlantic salmon [more]
I have a question that I want a written response to, Mr. Chair. Minister, the Ottawa Citizen reported that 30 soldiers from 3 RCR got severe frostbite injuries while training recently in Alaska. The National Research Council has confirmed that sealskin and other fur would provide better protection than the clothing they have. Could you provide to the committee a response about conversations [more]
Where's the violation for the 50,000 pounds of scallop meat by Clearwater? Can you tell us that?
Do you consider an estimate that's not up to your department's accuracy standards a violation of law?
Minister, snow crab harvesters throughout Atlantic Canada are at the mercy of a precautionary approach to fisheries management that was supposed to remove peaks and valleys from their quotas from year to year. This has failed, obviously. Will you commit to removing this precautionary approach from fisheries management in a species such as snow crab in favour of a more stable management approach?