Environment Committee on May 26th, 2008

Evidence of meeting #33 for Environment and Sustainable Development in the 39th Parliament, 2nd session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was amendment.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Bill C-474, An Act to require the development and implementation of a National Sustainable Development Strategy, the reporting of progress against a standard set of environmental indicators and the appointment of an independent Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development accountable to Parliament, and to adopt specific goals with respect to sustainable development in Canada, and to make consequential amendments to another Act

Committee Business

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Clerk of the Committee Mr. Normand Radford

Marie-Andrée Roy Parliamentary Counsel (Legislation), Office of the Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel

Joann Garbig Legislative Clerk, Committees Directorate, House of Commons

6:30 p.m.

Liberal

John Godfrey Liberal Don Valley West, ON

Is there any possibility of doing it this week, on Thursday?

As spoken

6:30 p.m.

Liberal

The Vice-Chair Liberal Geoff Regan

Is there any interest in doing that on Thursday?

Translated

6:30 p.m.

Conservative

Mark Warawa Conservative Langley, BC

You and I could meet on Thursday.

As spoken

6:30 p.m.

Liberal

John Godfrey Liberal Don Valley West, ON

We could meet before that, but I was wondering if we could actually meet as a group on Thursday.

As spoken

May 26th, 2008 / 6:30 p.m.

Liberal

The Vice-Chair Liberal Geoff Regan

I'll be here on Thursday and Friday.

As spoken

6:30 p.m.

Liberal

John Godfrey Liberal Don Valley West, ON

Are you here on Thursday?

If we can find a space on Thursday morning, we could finish it off. Then we can get on with....

As spoken

6:30 p.m.

Liberal

The Vice-Chair Liberal Geoff Regan

Mr. Warawa, we could come back to Bill C-474 at the meeting on Monday. If we can agree upon a time earlier than that, we could do it then.

As spoken

6:30 p.m.

Conservative

Mark Warawa Conservative Langley, BC

That would be fine.

(Motion agreed to)

As spoken

6:30 p.m.

Liberal

The Vice-Chair Liberal Geoff Regan

I'm delighted to say that the meeting is adjourned.

As spoken