Evidence of meeting #24 for Public Accounts in the 39th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was departments.
A recording is available from Parliament.
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Conservative
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Some hon. members
Oh, oh!
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Conservative
John Williams Conservative Edmonton—St. Albert, AB
Okay, fine. We've got two motions, Mr. Chair.
But I do want the public accounts committee to respond officially to Mr. Justice Gomery, who made that specific recommendation to the committee.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Shawn Murphy
Mr. Williams, I don't want to sidetrack the committee, but the government has to respond within two years.
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Conservative
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Shawn Murphy
Yes, we should provide our opinion to the government; I agree with that.
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Conservative
John Williams Conservative Edmonton—St. Albert, AB
That's what I'm suggesting, that we form an opinion.
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Conservative
John Williams Conservative Edmonton—St. Albert, AB
Now, if you want to make a separate motion, that's fine.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Shawn Murphy
My own preference would be to deal with one motion, because we're dealing with the one contract.
Okay, just at the end of it, after “Treasury Board Secretariat”, add “and the recommendation of Mr. Justice Gomery that the committee receive additional resources”.
That would be an amendment by Mr. Williams.
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NDP
David Christopherson NDP Hamilton Centre, ON
I'll accept it as a friendly amendment and I'll move it.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Shawn Murphy
Thank you, Mr. Christopherson.
All in favour of the motion as read?
(Motion agreed to [See Minutes of Proceedings])
Okay, colleagues, what I'm going to have to do is suspend the meeting for an additional thirty seconds and then resume in camera, when hopefully we start the conclusion of this committee's tenth report.
The meeting will be suspended for thirty seconds.
[Proceedings continue in camera]
