Evidence of meeting #70 for Environment and Sustainable Development in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was municipalities.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Eric Gagné  Director General, Science and Technology Branch, Department of the Environment
Robert Judge  Director, Sectoral Policy, Office of Infrastructure of Canada
James Van Loon  Director General, Consumer Product Safety Directorate, Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Department of Health
Lori MacDonald  Assistant Deputy Minister, Emergency Management and Programs Branch, Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
Laura Di Paolo  Director General, Program Integration, Office of Infrastructure of Canada
Bogdan Makuc  Director, Program Integration, Office of Infrastructure of Canada
Philip Rizcallah  Director, Building Regulations, National Research Council of Canada
Tim Williams  Committee Researcher

5:05 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Deb Schulte

I would like to get as much as we can to the analysts—

5:05 p.m.

Conservative

Jim Eglinski Conservative Yellowhead, AB

I'm sorry, Madam Chair. I'll get that.

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Liberal

The Chair Liberal Deb Schulte

—so that we can start building that plan, because if we don't start on Wednesday, we're going to start when we come back, and we're going to need to get going on it. I'd like to have all of that before we go for the summer.

Linda.

5:05 p.m.

NDP

Linda Duncan NDP Edmonton Strathcona, AB

My guess is that we're going to have a zillion votes in the next couple of days, so I'm just questioning whether it's really useful to be even setting up a committee meeting.

5:05 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Deb Schulte

That's fair.

5:05 p.m.

NDP

Linda Duncan NDP Edmonton Strathcona, AB

That would be my suggestion. I think we're just going to get interrupted anyway.

5:05 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Deb Schulte

Okay.

Anybody on our side?

Go ahead, Will.

5:10 p.m.

Liberal

William Amos Liberal Pontiac, QC

Plan on holding it, and if it gets knocked off, it gets knocked off.

I think Jim's suggestion is a good one. It gives us some time to get through some of the assumptions early on. It may help provide some guidance to the opposition members as to what witnesses they might want to see, because they'll be able to ask John questions as to the witnesses that the group here has proposed.

5:10 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Deb Schulte

Okay. Again, I'm open. I think we're going to have a very busy schedule when we come back. I don't like to waste any time that we might have. If we're going to be here and votes are called, votes get called, but at least we've given it a shot.

Do you want to have Mr. Van Loan in now to explain anything about what he was proposing? Or do you want to wait until we get going with our study? What are your thoughts? There's a bill, and there's also a heritage study. It's a little bit different. He's brought in a particular request, and we're looking at a broader approach. It's just a matter of what you'd like to do on Wednesday.

5:10 p.m.

NDP

Linda Duncan NDP Edmonton Strathcona, AB

Have the analysts had time to look at that and propose...? Do we need other witnesses or just him? I don't know if we're ready to look at it.

5:10 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Deb Schulte

No. John brought forward a proposal—

5:10 p.m.

NDP

Linda Duncan NDP Edmonton Strathcona, AB

No. I'm talking about the bill.

5:10 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Deb Schulte

Okay.

Tim.

5:10 p.m.

Tim Williams Committee Researcher

Usually with a bill, you have the sponsor of the bill initially to speak to it.

5:10 p.m.

NDP

Linda Duncan NDP Edmonton Strathcona, AB

I don't know if he's available.

5:10 p.m.

Committee Researcher

Tim Williams

Yes, if they—

5:10 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Deb Schulte

That's what I thought. It's just that if we can get it out of the way, we can have him come and present and make sure that we are very clear. I think it's obvious, but we can make him answer questions, if we have questions. It might help—

June 19th, 2017 / 5:10 p.m.

Conservative

Jim Eglinski Conservative Yellowhead, AB

John has had some discussions with him.

5:10 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Deb Schulte

—inform what we're going to be doing.

Go ahead, John.

5:10 p.m.

Liberal

John Aldag Liberal Cloverdale—Langley City, BC

That wouldn't be seen as the clause-by-clause review of the bill, though, would it?

5:10 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Deb Schulte

No.

5:10 p.m.

Liberal

John Aldag Liberal Cloverdale—Langley City, BC

It would be just sort of a warm-up for the heritage discussion and what he was thinking.

5:10 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Deb Schulte

I think so, and it might help us with our study, just to make sure we understand exactly what.... I think it's obvious from what his bill is, but it would give him a chance to present it in front of the committee before we kick our study off in full form. I just thought we could get that done.

Go ahead, Martin.

5:10 p.m.

Conservative

Martin Shields Conservative Bow River, AB

I have one caution on that. If the committee membership changes, for instance, and we have two or three people sitting here who didn't hear it, that's a problem.

5:10 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Deb Schulte

That's a good point. That could happen.