Environment Committee on May 8th, 2018

[Darren Fisher, Liberal, Dartmouth—Cole Harbour, NS]

How about 7 o'clock?

[The Chair, Liberal, Deb Schulte]

Is 7 o'clock acceptable?

[Linda Duncan, NDP, Edmonton Strathcona, AB]

How about another day?

[The Chair, Liberal, Deb Schulte]

There is no other day, because on Thursday, we have—

[Linda Duncan, NDP, Edmonton Strathcona, AB]

Oh, because the government wants it fast-tracked, right?

[The Chair, Liberal, Deb Schulte]

No. Because there's a funeral on Thursday. So there's a change in that—

[Elizabeth May, Green, Saanich—Gulf Islands, BC]

Are we not meeting on Thursday?

[The Chair, Liberal, Deb Schulte]

I'm planning at this point to meet on Thursday.

[Elizabeth May, Green, Saanich—Gulf Islands, BC]

That's what I'm wondering about since we're having a Wednesday schedule on Thursday. I know that a lot of people would like to go to Gord Brown's funeral. I would want to go. If Thursday is to be on a Wednesday schedule, we will have a lot more hours, as we won't have to be in the House for other things. I'm just wondering if Thursday gives us more time to expand.

[Mike Bossio, Liberal, Hastings—Lennox and Addington, ON]

We already go from 11 until 2 o'clock.

[The Chair, Liberal, Deb Schulte]

We're doing the regular schedule from 11—

[Elizabeth May, Green, Saanich—Gulf Islands, BC]

We could start at nine and go....

[The Chair, Liberal, Deb Schulte]

I'm open, but—

[Elizabeth May, Green, Saanich—Gulf Islands, BC]

I'm not on the committee. I'm just saying that we need more time.

[The Chair, Liberal, Deb Schulte]

I made a suggestion for tomorrow. Let's see how we go. I'm understanding that there might be some agreement to go until 7 or 7:30?

[Linda Duncan, NDP, Edmonton Strathcona, AB]

Until seven.

[The Chair, Liberal, Deb Schulte]

Okay. It will be till 7 o'clock, and we'll do that tomorrow. We'll see how we go. We'll keep trying to work at giving ourselves the time we need. Okay? Thank you very much.

The meeting is adjourned.