Evidence of meeting #25 for Veterans Affairs in the 39th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was going.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Rob Anders
Good morning, everybody. We have another start of our committee.
I just wanted to let you know that yesterday I received from Michel the corrected version. Good, other people have it as well.
Monsieur Perron wants to speak.
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Bloc
Gilles-A. Perron Bloc Rivière-des-Mille-Îles, QC
Mr. Chair, allow me to continue the custom by introducing Jean-Yves Roy, the Bloc québécois member for the riding of Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia. He's joining our committee.
I believe we can call him Jean-Yves, as a way of continuing the kind of camaraderie that enlivens our committee.
Jean-Yves, welcome to the committee.
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Some hon. members
Hear, hear!
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Rob Anders
We try to have fun around here. I hope you will enjoy it.
I want to thank Michel for that work. As well, my staff has drafted a foreword, where I thank the witnesses who appeared, as well as our researcher and clerk. On a separate page are going to be mentioned all the members of the committee, chair, vice-chairs, etc. I have prepared a list of people who have contributed as members to this report. I want to make sure I'm not missing anybody from the various parties.
For the Liberals, for example, I have Mr. Cuzner, Ms. Guarnieri, Mr. Rota, and Mr. Thibault. Is there anybody else I should be mentioning?
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A voice
He's already there.
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A voice
Yes.
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Rob Anders
He is. I am sorry.
I was looking for you, Roger, and your name was at the end of the second list. I was trying to scan. Mr. Valley is on. Sorry about that, Roger.
Is there anybody else?
9:05 a.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Rob Anders
Yes, sir, you are there. Yes, of course, Mr. St. Denis, you are there as a vice-chair, sir.
I think that's fairly exhaustive.
With regard to the Bloc, I have Monsieur Perron, I have Monsieur Roy. We also had Monsieur Lévesque, yes?
9:05 a.m.
Bloc
Gilles-A. Perron Bloc Rivière-des-Mille-Îles, QC
He came one day, Monsieur Lévesque, and Roger Gaudet.
9:05 a.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Rob Anders
All right.
Mr. Gaudet is there, of course. Sorry. He is here.
Monsieur Lévesque did participate in the discussion, did he?
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Conservative
The Chair Conservative Rob Anders
Okay. We're going to include Mr. Lévesque.
Mr. Stoffer, as far as I know, you are the only representative of the NDP who has been attending, sir.
On the Conservative side we have Mrs. Hinton, Mr. Sweet, Mr. Shipley, Mr. Mayes, and of course me.
Is there anybody else who has subbed in for us, who participated in this?
9:10 a.m.
Conservative
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Conservative
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An hon. member
Yes, we're always there.
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Some hon. members
Hear, hear!
9:10 a.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Rob Anders
All right. We will make sure that we add Monsieur Lévesque to that. My staff should have that to you probably by the end of the day, certainly later this meeting, I think.
That deals with that.
Now we are moving on to the question of what we are going to deal with next. We do already have a vote that we have taken early on with regard to moving on to health and what not. I sense some people want to have discussion of where to move next.
Mr. Shipley.
