Evidence of meeting #18 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 newspapers.

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On the agenda

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Bob Cox  Chair, Canadian Newspaper Association
Bernard Lord  President and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association
Louis Audet  President and Chief Executive Officer, Cogeco Inc.
Joseph Volpe  Publisher and President, Corriere Canadese

11 a.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Hedy Fry

Yes.

11 a.m.

Conservative

Peter Van Loan Conservative York—Simcoe, ON

You said this committee cannot proceed without hearing witnesses, and now we have before us a motion that contemplates the impossibility of—

11 a.m.

Liberal

Seamus O'Regan Liberal St. John's South—Mount Pearl, NL

Madam Chair, we heard the member and we voted him down—

11 a.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Hedy Fry

The motion does not discuss witnesses—

11 a.m.

Conservative

Peter Van Loan Conservative York—Simcoe, ON

Exactly.

11 a.m.

Liberal

Seamus O'Regan Liberal St. John's South—Mount Pearl, NL

Right.

11 a.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Hedy Fry

The motion is for a two-hour listening—

11 a.m.

Conservative

Peter Van Loan Conservative York—Simcoe, ON

No, it was not two hours. It was one hour—

11 a.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Hedy Fry

If you, Mr. Van Loan, have a list of witnesses, please give it to us so that we can invite those witnesses to be here.

If this continues—

11 a.m.

Conservative

Peter Van Loan Conservative York—Simcoe, ON

Madam Chair, I have people with whom we have been having discussions—

11 a.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Hedy Fry

I will call the question—

11 a.m.

Conservative

Peter Van Loan Conservative York—Simcoe, ON

You cannot call—

11 a.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Hedy Fry

I'll call the question. Those in favour of the motion on the floor?

(Motion agreed to [See Minutes of Proceedings])

11 a.m.

Liberal

Seamus O'Regan Liberal St. John's South—Mount Pearl, NL

Thank you, Madam Chair.

11 a.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Hedy Fry

This meeting is adjourned. Thank you.