Evidence of meeting #10 for Health in the 39th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was product.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Joy Smith
It's in the briefing notes.
We will do that then and submit those questions.
There was a consensus, Mr. Fletcher.
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An hon. member
It's tied, Madam Chair.
12:50 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Joy Smith
It is tied. Let's try it again.
Who would like the questions sent to the clerk? Raise your hand.
There are five.
Who is against doing that?
There are two.
Well, we haven't got a consensus. Having said that, I would excuse the presenters.
Excuse me, presenters, could I ask you to do something for me, please, as chair? If you could, and with our thanks for your presentation, I would like you to quickly exit outside the door, and if anyone wants to speak with you, they can speak with you outside the door. We have two pieces of business, and I do have another committee that needs to be in right away.
I sincerely thank you for your presentation today. It was very insightful.
If I could get the committee together as our presenters are making their way out, I would like to ask two things of the committee.
We will be asked to adopt a budget at next Thursday's meeting. This is to cover the expenses of witnesses, who will be travelling to Ottawa, as well as to cover part of our study on post-market surveillance.
We also have another issue. There has been a request for some fruit and cookies to be brought in because we have a meeting between eleven and one. The cost is not very much; it's around $50 a meeting. The sandwiches are very expensive, but cookies and fruit will tide us over and are not too much. Can we agree that it is okay to bring those in?
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Some hon. members
Agreed.
12:50 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Joy Smith
Yes, it is agreed. Thank you. We will do that.
I would also like to remind members to please send in their suggestions for witnesses for future meetings on toy regulations. That meeting is on April 1. We need witnesses and we don't have them. We also need witnesses on natural health products. That meeting is on April 15. The clerk emailed your offices last Wednesday concerning this matter. We're bringing this up because the witnesses have not come forward.
Ms. Kadis.
February 5th, 2008 / 12:55 p.m.
Liberal
Susan Kadis Liberal Thornhill, ON
Along those lines of committee business, I thought it was very important today to mention that this committee should seriously examine these baby products. There has been a suggestion that they may be dangerous, and this was just very recently out into the public. I think it behooves the committee to, in some way, find an opportunity, perhaps by having an extra meeting. I know I'm willing to do it because this involves children and babies.
12:55 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Joy Smith
It's two minutes before one o'clock. Perhaps what we can do is put that on the agenda for Thursday's meeting for discussion. We could put it in the toy products one.
This meeting is adjourned.