Evidence of meeting #2 for Agriculture and Agri-Food in the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was chair.
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4:55 p.m.
Conservative
Pierre Lemieux Conservative Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, ON
If I may, Chair, I think we should have the department come, have them orient especially new members on Growing Forward, and explain some of the details I handed out today. I just handed out headline-type initiatives and objectives within Growing Forward 2, so let the department brief us and let us ask the department some questions.
Then, I think, after that meeting, Chair, we can map out where this committee wants to move first.
4:55 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Larry Miller
Okay, but it hog-ties us, Pierre, for the meeting on Thursday and leaves us a two-day window--even worse shape than we're in today--for trying to get witnesses.
4:55 p.m.
Liberal
Frank Valeriote Liberal Guelph, ON
Mr. Chair, that's the point I was going to make. We need to give witnesses more notice.
I'm happy, Mr. Lemieux, to go ahead with having the department come in and talk to us about Growing Forward 2 on Tuesday, with a view to on Thursday going forward with the biotech.
5 p.m.
Conservative
Pierre Lemieux Conservative Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, ON
I wouldn't call it “biotech”; I would call it the science and innovation objective. It's one of the objectives on here, and the idea is that biotech is going to fall under that. That allows us to bring in a variety of witnesses.
5 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Larry Miller
In order to allow the clerk as much time as possible, would 10 a.m. Monday morning to have your witnesses in, or some witnesses...?
Okay? So for 10 a.m. on Monday we'll try to get some.... All we need is a few for starters, and then it carries on from there. It allows the clerk to set up a Thursday meeting.
Okay?
Is there any further business today?
5 p.m.
Conservative
Brian Storseth Conservative Westlock—St. Paul, AB
Mr. Chair, I notice that the subcommittee didn't invite me in to discuss my motion in their meeting. I just hope you'll keep the content and the heart of my motion alive in the subcommittee.
5 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Larry Miller
In the past, lots of member have been in the same boat. They've had motions but they weren't members of the subcommittee.
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Conservative
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