Evidence of meeting #20 for Transport, Infrastructure and Communities in the 41st Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was goods.

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On the agenda

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Michael Bourque  President and Chief Executive Officer, Railway Association of Canada
Keith E. Creel  President and Chief Operating Officer, Canadian Pacific Railway
Jim Vena  Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer, Canadian National Railway Company
Michael Farkouh  Vice-President, Safety and Sustainability, Canadian National Railway Company
Keith Shearer  General Manager, Safety, Regulatory and Training, Canadian Pacific Railway
Glen Wilson  Special Assistant to the President and Chief of Operations, Canadian Pacific Railway

10:35 a.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Larry Miller

Gentlemen, thank you very much for being here and participating. We'll let you go. We have some committee business.

Mr. Watson.

10:35 a.m.

Conservative

Jeff Watson Conservative Essex, ON

Chair, I was hoping we could spend the entire meeting talking about rail safety in this country. Obviously it's very important. That's why the committee is seized with this. Instead, we have a motion to deal with.

Chair, I move that we move in camera.

10:35 a.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Larry Miller

I have a motion to move in camera. Is there discussion on the motion?

10:35 a.m.

Liberal

David McGuinty Liberal Ottawa South, ON

I guess I'm just trying to get my head around the reason for it, Mr. Chairman. This is a very innocuous motion.

10:35 a.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Larry Miller

I'll let you ask Mr. Watson that.

10:35 a.m.

Liberal

David McGuinty Liberal Ottawa South, ON

I'm sorry, Mr. Chair?

10:35 a.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Larry Miller

I said you can ask Mr. Watson that. He moved the motion.

10:35 a.m.

Liberal

David McGuinty Liberal Ottawa South, ON

You just asked for discussion on the motion. Do we have something wrong?

10:35 a.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Larry Miller

No. We have a motion to go in camera.

(Motion agreed to)

We'll go in camera.

I will ask anyone who is not a member or staff to please vacate the room.

Thank you.

[Proceedings continue in camera]