Evidence of meeting #54 for Health in the 39th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was cdr.
A recording is available from Parliament.
5:20 p.m.
Bloc
Christiane Gagnon Bloc Québec, QC
Mr. Chair, perhaps it is important for us to keep 15 minutes aside when we have other work to do. Luc has left because he thought the meeting was over.
5:25 p.m.
Bloc
Christiane Gagnon Bloc Québec, QC
I am going to find him in case there is a vote. Are we going to vote on what we have to do?
5:25 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Rob Merrifield
I'm not wanting to vote, and that's why I didn't call it in camera. You're absolutely right, we don't have time to talk about some of the things, like the third report of the subcommittee. I want to bring you up to speed on a couple of issues.
We have tried to incorporate as many witnesses as we could. As we said at the steering committee, we wanted to get this completed by the 16th. We have accomplished almost everything, except for the group from the United Kingdom, which can potentially do a video conference Monday morning at 11:30. Is it acceptable to have a video conference on Monday morning at 11:30 with the United Kingdom? Will we have enough here to hear the witnesses?
5:25 p.m.
Conservative
Steven Fletcher Conservative Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia, MB
I think we should stick with our regular time, Mr. Chair.
5:25 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Rob Merrifield
They can't make that, and those are our options.
The other thing is that we wanted to have the department back again. That could be accomplished on the 30th.
5:25 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Rob Merrifield
The common drug review officials, as that was the consensus I heard the last time. We wanted to have them back, and we could do that on the 30th, as we would complete most of the witnesses by the 16th.
5:25 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Rob Merrifield
Oh, we didn't get into that. I don't have any information on it. There's no decision on that, but we can bring that up perhaps at the next meeting.
That was a conference, right?
5:25 p.m.
Liberal
Carolyn Bennett Liberal St. Paul's, ON
It's the international health promotion conference. Canada is the host. The WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health....
I think the committee would learn a lot on health promotion, and we could even, as we've done at other international conferences, have a small meeting with some of the keynote speakers so that you get one-stop shopping.
5:25 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Rob Merrifield
Yes, so what you're suggesting is to travel to that. That's on June 10 to 15, in Vancouver, B.C., which will be very, very tight to do.
5:25 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Rob Merrifield
It's going to be quite expensive to travel, because we need interpreters if we travel as a committee--all those things.
5:25 p.m.
Conservative
5:25 p.m.
Liberal
Hedy Fry Liberal Vancouver Centre, BC
You can come and stay at my house.
You can't all stay at my house. That's carrying it a bit too far.
5:25 p.m.
Conservative
Steven Fletcher Conservative Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia, MB
Is your house wheelchair accessible?
5:25 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Rob Merrifield
Okay, but we could travel there with points, at any rate, right? So the registration fee is all there would be, I suppose, but I don't know what that would be.
This is something I didn't know anything about.
I'm told it's a $1,200 registration fee.
