Evidence of meeting #84 for Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities in the 44th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was students.
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7:05 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Bobby Morrissey
Okay. At the latest, then, I would like to make a decision by Monday. Monday is the latest to consider it and—
7:10 p.m.
Conservative
Tracy Gray Conservative Kelowna—Lake Country, BC
I don't want to bog down the staff's time doing that if—
7:10 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Bobby Morrissey
That's fine, Mrs. Gray. We have it on the floor.
On Monday we will have to make a decision as a committee.
7:10 p.m.
Liberal
Michael Coteau Liberal Don Valley East, ON
Through you, Mr. Chair, can we make sure that San Francisco is added to that?
7:10 p.m.
Liberal
7:10 p.m.
Conservative
Tracy Gray Conservative Kelowna—Lake Country, BC
Mr. Chair, on Monday, we have a full meeting. We can't really go later. I don't want to cut into committee business time at Monday's meeting. Perhaps at one of the AI meetings we have, we could discuss it then.
7:10 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Bobby Morrissey
It's just that the timeline is running out. You can make a quick decision on Monday. It will take all of three minutes to say yes or no, in my opinion.
The analyst will send out to the committee where Mr. Coteau wants to travel—the locations.
7:10 p.m.
Conservative
7:10 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Bobby Morrissey
We'll have a couple of minutes at the end of the meeting. It's the committee's choice. The committee has to support it or turn it down.
Mr. Coteau.
7:10 p.m.
Liberal
Michael Coteau Liberal Don Valley East, ON
Can you explain the process, if you don't mind, so that we're all clear?
How does it work? You make a recommendation today and the committee votes on it. Is that correct, or is there consensus?
7:10 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Bobby Morrissey
The staff will prepare a general budgetary item that will come back to the committee. This committee must vote to refer it to the Liaison Committee.
7:10 p.m.
Conservative
Tracy Gray Conservative Kelowna—Lake Country, BC
Mr. Chair, if I may, I would like to see in writing what the proposal is.
Do you mind putting something together that can be circulated to the committee members? We just had a quick verbal conversation here. I'd like to see what you said verbally in writing, and then we can look at it.
7:10 p.m.
Liberal
Michael Coteau Liberal Don Valley East, ON
It's that simple: Can we go to Seattle, San Francisco, Montreal, Toronto and Boston?
7:10 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Bobby Morrissey
The committee can go wherever it chooses, provided that the Liaison Committee—
7:10 p.m.
Liberal
Michael Coteau Liberal Don Valley East, ON
Then we vote on it.
We're not actually going. The clerk is going to work with their team to prepare the proposal.
7:10 p.m.
Conservative
Tracy Gray Conservative Kelowna—Lake Country, BC
Fair enough. Could we get that in writing—what it is, where the places are, what it all is?
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Liberal
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Conservative