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.
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Liberal
Conservative
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.
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.
NDP
Linda Duncan NDP Edmonton Strathcona, AB
That would be my suggestion. I think we're just going to get interrupted anyway.
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.
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.
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.
Tim Williams Committee Researcher
Usually with a bill, you have the sponsor of the bill initially to speak to it.
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—
Conservative
Liberal
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?
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.
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.
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.
