Evidence of meeting #9 for Fisheries and Oceans in the 41st Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was first.
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Liberal
Lawrence MacAulay Liberal Cardigan, PE
It's a dicey issue, but that's the best I can do in the climate I'm in.
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Some hon. members
Agreed.
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NDP
Robert Chisholm NDP Dartmouth—Cole Harbour, NS
Did we also agree to change the order of the first round?
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Rodney Weston
The first round we have already agreed to at 10 minutes. It would be in the order NDP, Conservative, Liberal, Conservative, with 10-minute slots.
The second round now would be five-minute slots: NDP, Conservative, NDP, Conservative, Conservative, and Liberal if time allows.
Mr. Sopuck.
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Conservative
Robert Sopuck Conservative Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette, MB
Doing the math, for a two-hour meeting, that's 120 minutes. We have 70 minutes for questioning, so that's...60 minutes for witnesses. That seems reasonable to me.
The math works, I think.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Rodney Weston
I appreciate everyone's agreement on this. As has been stated here several times today, this committee operates a little differently from others, probably.
We have the witnesses here. We want to make sure that we hear what they have to say as well. We're politicians and like to hear what we have to say; however, the important thing is that the witnesses have their time to share with us the information we're looking to gather.
Are we good with that?
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Some hon. members
Agreed.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Rodney Weston
I thank members for their indulgence here.
Mr. Chisholm, did you have a question?
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NDP
Robert Chisholm NDP Dartmouth—Cole Harbour, NS
Mr. Chairman, I submitted a notice of motion to the clerk earlier this week.
Georges, do you have it with you?
I just want to make sure that I have the opportunity to table it.
Can we circulate it now?
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Rodney Weston
Mr. Chisholm, you are providing notice of motion. I know you circulated it earlier, so you're providing notice of motion.
February 5th, 2014 / 4:15 p.m.
NDP
Robert Chisholm NDP Dartmouth—Cole Harbour, NS
I'm just providing notice. If I may, I'll quickly read it into the record:
That the Committee immediately begin an examination of the library closure at the Pacific Region Headquarters Library, Vancouver; the Pacific Biological Station Library, Nanaimo; the Eric Marshall Aquatic Research Library, Winnipeg; the Maurice Lamontagne Institute Library, Mont-Joli; the Mere Juliette Library of the Gulf Fisheries Centre, Moncton; the St, Andrews Biological Station Library, St. Andrews; and the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Centre Library, St. John's, based on accusations that the Department of Fisheries & Oceans destroyed valuable and irreplaceable research, including research papers that were thrown in the dumpster; and, that the witnesses include officials from the Department of Fisheries & Oceans, Library and Archives Canada, and researchers who depend on these libraries for their work.
I want to move that, Mr. Chairman.
I am concerned. I've heard from some of the officials that this is preposterous and so on. If that's so, let's get the information before us and be clear, because it has caused a lot of concern among people I've talked to. If it's not the case, then let's dampen it down. If it is the case, let's figure out how we can correct it.
That's the basis of my motion.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Rodney Weston
Thank you, Mr. Chisholm. You have provided notice of this motion. Thank you.
There being no further business, this committee stands adjourned.