Evidence of meeting #5 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 question.
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Conservative
Glen Motz Conservative Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner, AB
Are we just going to keep having witnesses and keep pushing off committee business? Is that what the Liberals' plan is?
An hon. member
We can move a motion any time we want and that's going to be [Inaudible—Editor].
Conservative
Glen Motz Conservative Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner, AB
Exactly, because they will. My motion is still before the committee.
The Joint Clerk Mr. Paul Cardegna
My understanding, if I may, is that the motion that Mr. Virani moved is that, on May 3, we invite one of the four groupings that were identified in the previous motion, and we devote that meeting to hearing witnesses for three hours from whichever one of those groups is available.
Are you ready to vote?
(Motion agreed to: yeas 6; nays 5 [See Minutes of Proceedings])
Bloc
The Joint Chair Bloc Rhéal Fortin
The motion carried.
That's what will be done next Tuesday.
That being said, the analyst has reminded me that she wants to know whether we still want a work plan for next Tuesday. We had asked the analysts to prepare one.
I believe that we haven't changed our minds and that we still want a work plan. Do we have any additional instructions for the analysts?
Conservative
Glen Motz Conservative Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner, AB
It would be great to have that as part of committee business. Wouldn't it?
Conservative
Liberal
Conservative
Liberal
Rachel Bendayan Liberal Outremont, QC
We're discussing those things at the moment while we have the full three hours with witnesses.
Mr. Chair, I would like to comment on something you said earlier.
The Law Clerk, to whom we all have access as members of Parliament, may provide legal opinions to the members of our committee as he does to any other committee. We do not need to introduce a motion to designate an adviser or lawyer for the purposes of our committee in order to request legal advice from him.
Bloc
The Joint Chair Bloc Rhéal Fortin
Thank you.
Ms. Feldman, we still need a work plan. Do you have enough information to be able to propose something to us?
Stephanie Feldman Committee Researcher
We're waiting for the witness lists of the Liberals and Conservatives as well as a few senators.
Bloc
The Joint Chair Bloc Rhéal Fortin
I see.
We had until today to submit our witness lists, but, if my understanding is correct, that's not a firm deadline. However, are we able to move forward? Have any witness lists been submitted? Are there any of you who wish to do so but who have yet done so?
The Joint Clerk Mr. Paul Cardegna
A few lists have been submitted, but not by all parties.
Bloc
The Joint Chair Bloc Rhéal Fortin
All right. That's it for the lists.
Thank you.
The committee is adjourned.