Evidence of meeting #110 for Finance in the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was c-48.
A video is available from Parliament.
10:40 a.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative James Rajotte
Thank you.
All those in favour of the motion?
(Motion agreed to)
I see there is unanimous support for this motion.
Colleagues, there is one other quick item.
The proposed budget was e-mailed yesterday. If there are questions, we can deal with this on Thursday morning, but I don't know if members have had time to review this. It was passed yesterday afternoon. Are there any questions or concerns about the proposed budget?
On this, Ms. Glover, please.
10:40 a.m.
Conservative
Shelly Glover Conservative Saint Boniface, MB
I know that as a committee we had agreed we were going to use video conferencing as much as possible. I'm very pleased to see video conferencing listed here. This is the maximum, but I would again hope that the clerk would attempt to offer all witnesses an opportunity to do video conferencing, as opposed to coming here to Ottawa at taxpayers' expense.
Otherwise, it looks good, and I really do like seeing the video conferencing listed as an expense.
10:40 a.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative James Rajotte
That's a fair point, and in fact we do offer the option of video conferencing to every single person.
Thank you.
Monsieur Côté.
10:40 a.m.
NDP
Raymond Côté NDP Beauport—Limoilou, QC
Mr. Chair, I'm a bit surprised to see the difference in cost of a trip from Montreal to Ottawa versus one from Toronto to Ottawa. I hadn't noticed that in the other budgets.
Is the reason that witnesses travelling from Toronto systematically fly, as opposed to those coming from Montreal?
10:40 a.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative James Rajotte
Yes, witnesses typically fly out of Toronto. With respect to Montreal, the option is very much there in terms of.... Many witnesses do take the train service from Montreal. The unit prices are the best estimates for most people and logistics in terms of past practice.
A motion, Mr. Hoback, for the budget.
10:40 a.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative James Rajotte
That's unanimous again.
Thank you very much, colleagues. We will see you Thursday morning at 8:45 a.m.
