Agriculture Committee on March 7th, 2016

[Pierre Corriveau]

I'm quite aware of this; it's not unique to Beaverlodge. We're the federal government, and when you build on our land, you have to meet federal guidelines. If you're a developer, that means you need to comply with the municipal, provincial, and then the federal guidelines.

We're working, maybe not on Beaverlodge currently but on some other ones. Based on the track record of the department, where there's goodwill on every side of the file, I'm sure we can find a solution where it's win-win for everyone.

[Chris Warkentin, Conservative, Grande Prairie—Mackenzie, AB]

It sounds like some innovation is going to take place.

[Pierre Corriveau]

Sometimes we need a push, but it happens.

[The Chair, Liberal, Pat Finnigan]

That completes this portion of the meeting.

I want to thank our two witnesses for their wonderful job; very interesting input into the estimates.

At this time we'll take a couple of minutes' break and we'll come back to vote on the estimates.

[The Chair, Liberal, Pat Finnigan]

We shall return to order for our vote on the supplementary estimates.

Pursuant to Standing Order 81(5), supplementary estimates (C) 2015-16, votes 1c, 5c, and 10c under Agriculture and Agri-Food, were referred to the committee on Friday, February 19, 2016.

Shall votes 1c, 5c, and 10c under Agriculture and Agri-Food carry?

AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD

Vote 1c—Operating expenditures..........$6,927,382

Vote 5c—Capital expenditures..........$5,452,738

Vote 10c—Grants and contributions..........$35,521,769

(Votes 1c, 5c, and 10c agreed to)

Shall I report supplementary estimates (C) 2015-16 to the House?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

[The Chair, Liberal, Pat Finnigan]

Now we need to approve the budget for our upcoming witnesses.

The amount of money requested to get our witnesses in is $2,900.

Is everybody in favour of approving this amount?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

[The Chair, Liberal, Pat Finnigan]

Ms. Brosseau, you have a question?

[Ruth Ellen Brosseau, NDP, Berthier—Maskinongé, QC]

Yes. How many meetings does this cover?

[The Chair, Liberal, Pat Finnigan]

Just one meeting, and I believe we have four witnesses.

[Ruth Ellen Brosseau, NDP, Berthier—Maskinongé, QC]

Okay, thank you.

We're going to try to use video conference, but most people who are coming are probably in Ottawa.

[The Chair, Liberal, Pat Finnigan]

This is a standard amount that we usually vote for, but it's probably going to cost less than what we have here.

[Ruth Ellen Brosseau, NDP, Berthier—Maskinongé, QC]

I just wanted to ask.

[The Chair, Liberal, Pat Finnigan]

Sure. Thank you for the question.

We voted on it. That's good.

It's the pleasure of the committee if you want to go into subcommittee or if you want to do the agenda, as we are here or in camera. What is the pleasure of the committee? Are there any comments?

Mr. Warkentin.

[Chris Warkentin, Conservative, Grande Prairie—Mackenzie, AB]

I'm happy to proceed how the committee wishes, but I thought it had been the will of the committee to have a subcommittee meeting following this meeting. Are we going into that or are we adjourning this meeting?

[The Chair, Liberal, Pat Finnigan]

If it is the pleasure to go into subcommittee then we'll adjourn this meeting and move into subcommittee. Are you good with that?

This meeting is now adjourned.