Evidence of meeting #15 for Transport, Infrastructure and Communities in the 39th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was i'll.
A recording is available from Parliament.
11:10 a.m.
Liberal
Don Bell Liberal North Vancouver, BC
Through you to Mr. Jean, do we have any more information on the rail report?
11:10 a.m.
Conservative
Brian Jean Conservative Fort McMurray—Athabasca, AB
Mr. Bell, that's exactly why I stuck up my hand. Good news: it will be tabled in the House on Friday.
11:10 a.m.
Liberal
11:10 a.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Merv Tweed
I've asked Maxime to contact Mr. Lewis to come and present on the rail.
Also, I haven't confirmed this, and I'll look for direction, but I wouldn't be surprised if we were going to need that first meeting when we come back. I know the review of our study is available, and we may want to take that first meeting back to give us a chance to--
11:15 a.m.
Liberal
Don Bell Liberal North Vancouver, BC
Just as a final comment, I hope we try to fill up the meetings we have. We have lots to do within the scope of this committee. A number of meetings have either been cancelled or been used as steering committee meetings--not really the purpose of the full meeting time we have--and we've been missing opportunities to deal with things.
I'm hoping we can get as much advance notice as we can, and if something looks like it's not going to happen on one of those days, then we have something else to slot in there.
11:15 a.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Merv Tweed
No one shares your frustration more than I do. I think that's why we're starting to see the positive responses to meeting attendance.
So next Tuesday we will have two groups--government agencies--and on Thursday we will have Mr. Lewis. I've scheduled the following for the first meeting back after the break, subject to a discussion at the end of Mr. Lewis' presentation; perhaps we can get that wrapped up and put to bed.
Mr. Jean.
11:15 a.m.
Conservative
Brian Jean Conservative Fort McMurray—Athabasca, AB
Was it the decision of the committee to have a written submission by FCM, or was it...?
11:15 a.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Merv Tweed
We are asking for both, but based on things that I've heard since, I think they would probably want to come and make a presentation.
11:15 a.m.
Conservative
Brian Jean Conservative Fort McMurray—Athabasca, AB
I was thinking that, possibly, depending on what the committee as a whole thought, we could actually invite them for the same time as the other two departments that are coming, which obviously would be after we reviewed the rail study.
11:15 a.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Merv Tweed
Okay.
I'm just making sure I've got everything covered off here....
I regret that I don't have more to offer the committee today. If there's any other discussion, I'll open the floor. If not, I'll thank you for your kind attention and say that I'll see you on Tuesday.
Okay? Thank you.
The meeting is adjourned.