Evidence of meeting #2 for Canadian Heritage in the 39th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was motions.
4:55 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Gary Schellenberger
Okay, the motion is that we would have the witness here at the next meeting for the first hour and a half. That leaves us half an hour for the motions.
Mr. Fast.
4:55 p.m.
Conservative
Ed Fast Conservative Abbotsford, BC
For the motion, could I ask Mr. Kotto to perhaps have available for the next meeting the number of senior executives and the number of directors on the board he was hoping to bring as part of that motion, just so we have that information for next week; otherwise we might be left hanging with motion number 3, where he refers to quite a number of witnesses.
4:55 p.m.
Bloc
Maka Kotto Bloc Saint-Lambert, QC
Are you referring to motion 3? Basically it refers to Telefilm Canada's executives and its board of directors. I believe that there are four people on the board of directors and that there are two or three executives. That would be seven people in all.
4:55 p.m.
NDP
Charlie Angus NDP Timmins—James Bay, ON
In terms of that last question, it seems to me that when we do these motions we identify afterwards who exactly will come. I don't know if it's incumbent upon Mr. Kotto to give us a list, for the motion, of who's going to be there. If the motion passes, then we will have the appropriate people come, and we will deal with them at that time. I don't know if we need to have that for a motion. The motion is that we need a mandate to proceed, and then we worry about how we proceed after we have a mandate.
4:55 p.m.
Conservative
Ed Fast Conservative Abbotsford, BC
Mr. Chair, the motion is quite open. It simply says “summon the senior executives” and “the members of its Board”. That's inclusive or includes all of them. I just wanted to make sure that we know the number and if in fact the motion can be tailored down to say it's the chief executive, or....
5 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Gary Schellenberger
We can deal with that, but right now we're not dealing with--
5 p.m.
Conservative
Ed Fast Conservative Abbotsford, BC
No, we're not. I just want to make sure we don't waste time in that half hour we have to debate three different motions.
5 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Gary Schellenberger
I think we can handle that at the next meeting; we'll do that then.
Mr. Bélanger.
5 p.m.
Liberal
Mauril Bélanger Liberal Ottawa—Vanier, ON
Just a friendly mise en garde, Mr. Chairman, if I may. I don't know if the Bloc's opposition day motion is votable today. I expect that it will be deferred to Tuesday, which means 5:15 bells and a 5:30 vote, usually on Tuesdays. That would leave us with 15 to 20 minutes to deal with the motions. Just be prepared for that.
5 p.m.
Bloc
Maka Kotto Bloc Saint-Lambert, QC
I would like to respond to what Mr. Fast said. We can certainly provide a list of specific names, which could be included in an amendment when we vote on the motion.
5 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Gary Schellenberger
Thank you.
Is there any other business?
The meeting is adjourned.