Evidence of meeting #15 for Canadian Heritage in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was brandon.
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NDP
Pierre Nantel NDP Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, QC
As I say, it's fine with me, but I think this is important. I just want to make sure we all engage in having this.
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Conservative
Peter Van Loan Conservative York—Simcoe, ON
I'm good with going to the two hours if it goes to the fall. It was a question of timing.
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Liberal
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Liberal
Julie Dabrusin Liberal Toronto—Danforth, ON
Since I'm the one who's bringing this amendment, I wanted to say that I am fine with the two hours—
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Hedy Fry
We're not dealing with the two hours at the moment. We're dealing with the—
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Liberal
Julie Dabrusin Liberal Toronto—Danforth, ON
I know we can't agree with it, but given that his agreement to the amendment has to go before we go to any other amendment that he's going to make, I think it's fair that I at least put it out there.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Hedy Fry
Well, let us deal with your amendment, which says “before October 31, 2016”.
(Amendment agreed to)
Now we're dealing with the amended motion that has now had another amendment to it, which says, to update members of the committee for a televised “two-hour meeting”.
We will discuss the two-hour televised meeting amendment.
If anyone wants to, or if everyone is in agreement, I will call the question.
(Amendment agreed to)
Good, then we now have a motion that reads:
That the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage invite the CEO of CBC/ Radio-Canada, Mr. Hubert Lacroix, for a televised two-hour meeting, to update Members of the Committee on the plans and strategies of the Crown Corporation, in light of the most recent reinvestment announced in the latest federal budget, and that this meeting be held before October 31, 2016.
Now, I'm going to ask everyone to vote on the amended motion.
(Motion as amended agreed to)
Good. We can finish that.
Now we have another motion that we can deal with right now before we go in camera, and it is by Mr. Vandal. If you recall the last....
Yes?
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Liberal
Julie Dabrusin Liberal Toronto—Danforth, ON
If I may, given that his motion deals with issues that we are discussing in camera, it seems to me to make the most sense to be dealing with his motion in camera as well.
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Liberal
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Hedy Fry
I have no problems. It's just that we now must have a break while we go in camera.
Mr. Maguire.
Excuse me. Don't all speak, please. I will notice you when—
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Conservative
Larry Maguire Conservative Brandon—Souris, MB
Well, we've haven't been in camera, and we're going in camera to do what?
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Liberal
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An hon. member
I'm comfortable doing that.
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Conservative
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Hedy Fry
Well, certainly it's pertaining to business that we're going to be dealing with in camera, which is the travel.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Hedy Fry
All right, now we're going....
Sorry, we want to discuss our travel arrangements out of camera? We've been discussing that in camera.
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A voice
The motion.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Hedy Fry
All right. You want the motion out of camera.
All right. Go ahead.
Now, Mr. Vandal, will you speak to your motion, please?
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Liberal
Dan Vandal Liberal Saint Boniface—Saint Vital, MB
Yes, we had a conversation at our last meeting about potential travel, and I strongly feel that we should include Winnipeg. My motion reads:
That the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, as part of its consultations with the media industry, includes the City of Winnipeg as a Manitoba destination.
I think by having Winnipeg as the destination, it guarantees that we will hear from a more diverse group of witnesses, whether it's the Pilipino Express newspaper; the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, or Streets FM, which is geared toward young aboriginal people;
or La Liberté, a French-language newspaper in Manitoba. There is also Envol91, a community radio station. We can be sure that their representatives will be in Winnipeg, but they won't attend if they have to travel three hours outside of Winnipeg.
I think that because of the diversity of witnesses guaranteed in Winnipeg, we should go to Winnipeg rather than Brandon.
They have a great hockey team, by the way.