Evidence of meeting #18 for Declaration of Emergency in the 44th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was list.
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Liberal
Rachel Bendayan Liberal Outremont, QC
Would it be possible to come back to my motion, which was suspended?
Perhaps we could, if you would like to, move to a vote on the motion I had made earlier. I still believe that it would be appropriate to hear from GiveSendGo on December 1. I'm very flexible on which panel you would like to add that witness.
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NDP
The Joint Chair NDP Matthew Green
I would like to propose that we use the Fortin remedy to carve out some time from both the manufacturers in the second panel and apply that to just GiveSendGo. We'll have that as a stand-alone. I think that will help us avoid any cross-contamination.
Is that agreeable?
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Conservative
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NDP
The Joint Chair NDP Matthew Green
We're going to apply the Fortin solution to the second round of the December 1 meeting. We'll reinvite GiveSendGo, but the thinking is to give them their own session.
You identified, I think quite rightly, that they would provide us with their opening remarks in writing. They would do that and then they would have their own panel. We would take a half hour or 45 minutes, if you want. Whatever the case may be, we'll split up the second panel, which is the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters and their Quebec counterparts.
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Conservative
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Conservative
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Conservative
Larry Brock Conservative Brantford—Brant, ON
Are my Liberal colleagues adding more witnesses to that first panel?
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NDP
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Conservative
Larry Brock Conservative Brantford—Brant, ON
Excuse me, Ms. Bendayan. I'm entitled to the clarification.
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NDP
The Joint Chair NDP Matthew Green
If I could call the meeting to order....
I get it, we're in the silly season. The Christmas tree is up and everybody's ready to go.
The point I would like to make is that we always have the ability to recall witnesses.
I'm not privy to the information you have regarding whatever bombshells came out today on the nature of the work. I don't know what it is you're talking about. I know this is an imminent meeting coming within the next two weeks, and I would ask that we respect the schedule as it stands.
I will share with you openly and on the record right now that if in the course of that meeting, it is determined we need to prioritize that witness and call them back on their own for their own session, I would be open to that. You have that as a commitment from me right here, publicly, right now.
Is that okay? Thank you.
To put this to rest, can we agree we're going to do the Fortin method on December 1 to include GiveSendGo?
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Some hon. members
Agreed.
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NDP
The Joint Chair NDP Matthew Green
Is that unanimous? Excellent.
With that being said, do we have agreement to adjourn?
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Some hon. members
Agreed.