Evidence of meeting #142 for Canadian Heritage in the 44th Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was cbcradio-canada.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Liberal
Patricia Lattanzio Liberal Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel, QC
Thank you very much. I wish you good luck.
Chief Executive Officer, TV5 Québec Canada, As an Individual
Thank you.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Hedy Fry
Thank you very much.
Now, Mr. Champoux, I think that you have something you want to say.
Bloc
Martin Champoux Bloc Drummond, QC
Thank you, Madam Chair.
I would actually like our clerk to be able to work without undue pressure.
An additional meeting is listed on the calendar, to be held on Monday, December 2. The meeting, similar to the one we held in the afternoon this week, would deal with the report we are currently studying, but also with our study on freedom of expression.
The meeting is scheduled from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. I wanted to make sure that our clerk had all the tools and all the information she needed, as well as the support she needed to call the witnesses, or if there were any questions about Monday's meeting.
I wanted that to be dealt with today.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Hedy Fry
Thank you.
Go ahead, Clerk, and answer the question. It concerns resources for that meeting. We don't know if we have resources for the afternoon meeting on Monday.
We've not had a response. Let us imagine that we do have them and that we're going to have that meeting. Would you like to answer the question? Is that all you need? Do you need help in getting witnesses for freedom of expression, or are you good?
The Clerk of the Committee Ms. Danielle Widmer
As always, I like to receive the names of additional witnesses. It's always greatly appreciated. Some have trickled in, but more is always better to assist in the securing of these witnesses.
The request has been made for additional resources for Monday from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
The Clerk
It will ideally be with coffee. We're waiting for confirmation of all the services available to accommodate that meeting on Monday, December 2, from 3:30 to 5:30, in addition to the Monday meeting from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Hedy Fry
That's when we will have the three expert CBC witnesses requested by the motion. If we finish that on Monday morning, the analysts can go ahead and write a report for us to get ready to table in the House in the time allocated for us.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Hedy Fry
There's no pressure. They're great. They can do it. They can do this in their sleep. They're pretty good and they feel pretty confident that they can get it done. I don't think it's going to be an enormous report.
We will have to deal with that, and then we want Martin to finish his freedom of expression study because we don't know when the House will actually rise.
Is that okay? Yes, that's good.
With there being no further information—
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Hedy Fry
I was going to thank her, Martin.
I would like to thank Madame Bouchard for coming and for being extraordinarily patient while we had that little segue into a motion and a vote, etc. Thank you very much. It's a tough thing for you to come and appear before us when you don't really have a plan and you haven't been in the job yet, so you don't know where the washrooms are. Thank you very much for coming.
This meeting is adjourned.
