Evidence of meeting #31 for Veterans Affairs in the 39th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was come.
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4:40 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Rob Anders
I think ours was the most reasonable by a long stretch. I think there are others for significantly more zeros that are holding this up. I'm not going to go into any great detail. It's out of my hands.
Anyhow, we can probably make arrangements through cabs or something like that. I can certainly take probably three or four people with me and then whatever other arrangements are made.
4:40 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Rob Anders
Okay, there we go, so we've got a couple of volunteers here.
As well, just to let you know, we have the Minister of Veterans Affairs for New Zealand. Is that the actual minister himself? Lovely. That's great. He is coming on Tuesday, June 17. Unfortunately, though, because it is the actual minister, we realize their schedules are kind of crazy. Oh, I see it's a video conference with him. It will be done at 4 p.m., so it'll jog our committee time slightly, but we're getting it straight from the horse's mouth.
4:40 p.m.
A voice
There's a time difference.
4:40 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Rob Anders
Yes, of course. And then of course on Thursday, June 19, we have the French defence attaché.
I think we'll leave it at that and consider our job well done for today.
4:40 p.m.
Conservative
Bev Shipley Conservative Lambton—Kent—Middlesex, ON
I have just one other thing--and I'm sorry, Brent, I may have missed it. But the Speaker and Audrey had spoken about art. Just for clarification, should we be sending a letter of request to them, or are they just going to take it from the blues today?
4:40 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Rob Anders
The Clerk has offered that she'll follow up with them about that. I sense there is every good intent to—
4:40 p.m.
Conservative
4:40 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Rob Anders
Now, committee members, I think it's part of our responsibility to make suggestions, pool them, and come together with some consensus on what we approve.
With that, then, the meeting is adjourned.
