Evidence of meeting #43 for Status of Women in the 40th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was women.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Hedy Fry
Is there agreement?
Madam Demers wishes to suggest that we serve martinis only? Is that your suggestion?
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Some hon. members
Oh, oh!
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Conservative
Sylvie Boucher Conservative Beauport—Limoilou, QC
Do you want me to make you some little blue cookies?
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Liberal
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Some hon. members
Agreed.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Hedy Fry
Okay, good.
Basically, as we've just passed this motion, the clerk will need time to contact the various people. I would hope it's not going to be next week on Tuesday, because it wouldn't give everyone time. But sometime—on Thursday, December 3, maybe—we could get this little group in for an hour.
What do you think? I don't know. I'm asking you.
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Conservative
Candice Bergen Conservative Portage—Lisgar, MB
Are you saying that it would be outside the regular committee time?
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Hedy Fry
No. We have three more sitting days: Thursday, December 3, December 8, and December 10.
What I would say is that if you're given your draft report on Wednesday, then on Thursday, December 3, we could start going page by page, paragraph by paragraph, to discuss it.
Sometime on Thursday or on Tuesday, December 8, or on Thursday, December 10, we're going to have to listen to this group of the CBSA, etc. Many of the people we'll be listening to are in Ottawa, but the Vancouver Police Department may have to come from Vancouver, obviously, so we need to give them a week or so's notice.
When should we do that, and should we set a timeline for doing it so that we don't cut too much into dealing with our report?
Could it be an hour, and could we ask everyone to do a three-minute presentation on an update, because we had a full presentation on June 11? Perhaps we could ask the Vancouver Police to take five minutes to present to us, and then we could ask one round of questions and do it in an hour.
Is it possible?
When would you like to see that hour occur: on December 3 or December 8?
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Conservative
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Conservative
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Some hon. members
Agreed.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Hedy Fry
Okay, it will be Tuesday, December 8.
Do you think we can do this in one hour?
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Conservative
Sylvie Boucher Conservative Beauport—Limoilou, QC
Ça prendrait une heure, ou peut-être une heure et demi.
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An hon. members
I wonder whether the minister is able to come.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Hedy Fry
We have to finish our draft report, because we would want to table it. We may want to discuss then whether we want a press conference, after tabling our report, because I think this is a very important and salient issue, or whether other reports are going to be tabled as well as committee reports, etc.
We have three days to do this in. I just want to be sure.
Yes, Nicole?
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Bloc
Nicole Demers Bloc Laval, QC
I simply want to inform you that I will have to leave early on December 3.
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Bloc
Nicole Demers Bloc Laval, QC
However, Madam Chair, I think that December 8 will be a little late to make recommendations. As a result of the meeting with the committee and Vancouver police officers, if we have any recommendations to make, it will be a little late to make them and to get any feedback on those recommendations since we will be leaving them the next day or the day after that. To get any feedback on those recommendations, we would therefore have to have at least five working days, so that we can get some feedback. If it was first thing on December 3, that would be perfect.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Hedy Fry
You know, today is... On Tuesday, December 3, but you're not going to be here; you don't mind not being here.
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Conservative
Sylvie Boucher Conservative Beauport—Limoilou, QC
There really wouldn't be a lot of time left. In addition, you have to leave.
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Bloc
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Conservative
