Evidence of meeting #87 for Agriculture and Agri-Food in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was crops.
A recording is available from Parliament.
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Conservative
Earl Dreeshen Conservative Red Deer—Mountain View, AB
Well, okay.
You guys have been here much longer than most of us, so I'm in no way suggesting that what I had suggested on that particular day should take precedence over everything else.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Pat Finnigan
Just to remind everybody, we are not in camera; we're in public. This is open.
Mr. Barlow.
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Conservative
John Barlow Conservative Foothills, AB
I'm more than happy to discuss Mr. Poissant's amendments. If he has amendments to Mr. Dreeshen's motion, we can discuss it today, but I don't think we would vote on it today. I want us to be able to go back and talk about the amendments he's making to it as well. However, I think it's worthwhile talking about it today.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Pat Finnigan
At this stage, there's no motion, so there can be no amendment to the motion. Do you want to have that discussion now? As of now, there's no motion.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Pat Finnigan
There's a notice of motion, but we cannot amend something that has not been voted on. I'm certainly open to a discussion.
Mr. Longfield.
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Liberal
Lloyd Longfield Liberal Guelph, ON
Does it makes sense to put something in writing? We can take a look at it, so when there is a motion, we will know whether it's friendly or not?
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Conservative
John Barlow Conservative Foothills, AB
That would be fine. I think we all support the essence of the motion, so if you want to put something in writing, we can all talk about it, and come back to it at the next meeting.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Pat Finnigan
The suggestion is to propose elements you'd like included in the motion. My understanding is that the members on the other side are prepared to look at them.
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Liberal
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Pat Finnigan
No. All we have is a notice of motion on the table; no motion has been adopted. It's open to discussion.
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Liberal
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Conservative
Luc Berthold Conservative Mégantic—L'Érable, QC
We have three minutes left.
I'm suggesting to give us the amendment, and we can discuss it at the next meeting.
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Liberal
Jean-Claude Poissant Liberal La Prairie, QC
Very well. I will read the amendment, which would add the following text: “review the available resources and identify the mental health issues in Canada's agricultural community, and that the Committee report its findings to the House. At least six meetings will be allocated to the study.”
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Pat Finnigan
We will leave you with that and come back to it when the motion is put forward.
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Liberal
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Conservative
Luc Berthold Conservative Mégantic—L'Érable, QC
I just wanted to make sure that everyone was in agreement on the proposed witnesses.