Evidence of meeting #37 for Agriculture and Agri-Food in the 39th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was srm.
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5:35 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative James Bezan
I agree with you 100% on that, Wayne. Hopefully we'll get some feedback through either me or Carol, and we'll figure out which way to move forward. Hopefully we can do it by the 28th as an emergency meeting of two hours in the afternoon, or whenever we get a space.
Are there any other comments on the schedule? Is everybody happy?
5:35 p.m.
Liberal
Paul Steckle Liberal Huron—Bruce, ON
I want to once again impress on everyone that this matter of tobacco is urgent. If we can convene this meeting without our being the conveners--somehow have the minister convene this meeting--I would be happy to absolve us of that responsibility, but it may take this meeting to get the next meeting going. We're running out of time. It's incumbent upon us to show leadership here.
5:35 p.m.
Conservative
Larry Miller Conservative Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound, ON
There's one thing I'd like to find out that we all need to know at the committee level here, as federal MPs. What kinds of intentions do the Ontario and Quebec governments have? We don't know that, and it's very important. We need to know that and hear some comments from them.
5:35 p.m.
Liberal
Paul Steckle Liberal Huron—Bruce, ON
It's a $1 billion pie. We don't know how many weeks or years it's going to take to make that pie, or who is going to take part in digesting that pie, but that's what it's going to take.
5:35 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative James Bezan
I'll suggest that on the 27th, in our second half, we have representatives here from the ministries of agriculture from Ontario, Quebec, and Canada who are responsible for this file, as well as the processing industry representatives.
Okay, if everybody is good with that, seeing no other business, we'll adjourn.