Procedure and House Affairs Committee on March 31st, 2014

[The Chair, Conservative, Joe Preston]

It looks like we can do 3:30 to 4:30, according to the time that's written here.

[David Christopherson, NDP, Hamilton Centre, ON]

We'd lose an hour, though.

[The Chair, Conservative, Joe Preston]

Oh. We just guessed that time.... Sorry. That's not a real carved-in-stone kind of time. Your chair is reading numbers that apparently he's not supposed to.

[Kevin Lamoureux, Liberal, Winnipeg North, MB]

What if we assume, then, Mr. Chair, that it will be one hour—

[The Chair, Conservative, Joe Preston]

It will be one hour on a Monday at our convenience and we'll let you know. We'll shop it a little bit before we get there.

[Kevin Lamoureux, Liberal, Winnipeg North, MB]

And if there's a change, then there's a change.

[The Chair, Conservative, Joe Preston]

We have a couple of weeks to get there and then two weeks' worth of being home for Easter, right?

[Tom Lukiwski, Conservative, Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre, SK]

Chair, the only difficulty on that, on the 3:30 time, is that we have members on other committees—

[The Chair, Conservative, Joe Preston]

I know, those who have other committees and so on—

[Tom Lukiwski, Conservative, Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre, SK]

—so a 5:45 start, for an hour, or a 6 o'clock start, for an hour, would be fine.

[The Chair, Conservative, Joe Preston]

Monday nights usually have a vote in them, too, so—

[Tom Lukiwski, Conservative, Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre, SK]

Yes.

[The Chair, Conservative, Joe Preston]

—let's just say as quickly after votes—

[David Christopherson, NDP, Hamilton Centre, ON]

And try to get us somewhere closer, too, if it's possible, if it's just an hour.

[The Chair, Conservative, Joe Preston]

Well, I could put you real close, but we've put some liabilities or difficulties on your chair by saying that we have to be available to do this if we want, and we want to be televised. This is the room that meets those two requirements. The other ones in the big house don't always meet those requirements.

[Tom Lukiwski, Conservative, Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre, SK]

Well, we don't have any need for video conferencing on Monday.

[The Chair, Conservative, Joe Preston]

That night, no, so we could—

[Tom Lukiwski, Conservative, Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre, SK]

He's going to be here in person, so if you can get something in the house—

[David Christopherson, NDP, Hamilton Centre, ON]

Let's keep in mind...[Inaudible—Editor]

[The Chair, Conservative, Joe Preston]

Look, your chair will always do his best not to walk—

[David Christopherson, NDP, Hamilton Centre, ON]

Especially when there are no buses.

[The Chair, Conservative, Joe Preston]

Take a look. There are no buses.

I noticed tonight there were buses after we didn't think there were going to be any.

[David Christopherson, NDP, Hamilton Centre, ON]

Does anybody know if there are any going back?

[A voice]

No.

[The Chair, Conservative, Joe Preston]

So on the Scottish thing, we've decided that I will let you know.

We're going to do the.... What time? I'm missing my notes. Wait, I'm going to my notes. It's at 7 a.m. I forgot. That's what that one said, but that's not it.