Evidence of meeting #11 for Environment and Sustainable Development in the 43rd Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was enforcement.
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NDP
Laurel Collins NDP Victoria, BC
Really, it's just swapping out that last, fourth meeting of my study for this hearing.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Francis Scarpaleggia
Okay. That would mean we'd do that on the 17th.
Ms. Pauzé, did you want to comment on Ms. Collins' motion or on something else?
Bloc
Monique Pauzé Bloc Repentigny, QC
I wanted to comment along the same lines as Ms. Collins.
Four votes will be held on Wednesday in the House. Once again, this committee's meeting will probably be cancelled because of that. I know that we cannot change the day, but I propose that we make no commitments from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays. That will enable us to make progress in our studies, especially since a number of these motions are passed on to our committee.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Francis Scarpaleggia
We cannot go later than 5:30 p.m. on Mondays because there is a meeting, but, if I have understood correctly, we could meet until 6 p.m. on Wednesdays.
Thanks to the new voting application, votes could be conducted more quickly. I don't know whether the application will be used this Wednesday. In any event, we will definitely have to reschedule meetings if the Wednesday meeting must be cancelled because of the votes.
I would like to come to an agreement on Ms. Collins' motion. Can we schedule a fourth meeting in this study on the Canadian Environmental Protection Act to hear from the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development? That is what I would like us to focus on right now.
Mr. Schiefke—
I'm sorry, Mr. Chair, just to clarify—
Yes, go ahead, Ms. Collins.
NDP
Laurel Collins NDP Victoria, BC
—that fourth meeting is really a hearing about the environment commissioner's role, not to hear from the new environment commissioner.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Francis Scarpaleggia
You wouldn't necessarily want to hear from the new environment commissioner is what you're saying.
Laurel Collins NDP Victoria, BC
Potentially, but he would be maybe one among the four witnesses or maybe not.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Francis Scarpaleggia
Okay, but it would be part of the CEPA study, essentially. We're not doing a separate study now. It would be one meeting as part of the CEPA study.
NDP
Laurel Collins NDP Victoria, BC
Yes. Again, it would be one hearing on the environment commissioner, not necessarily on CEPA.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Francis Scarpaleggia
Okay. It wouldn't factor into the report is what you're saying. Okay. I have it.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Francis Scarpaleggia
Mr. Jeneroux, I know that you've had your hand up, but is it about this or is it about your motion?
Conservative
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Francis Scarpaleggia
There's a call for the question.
Okay: That means, I guess, we just go to a vote at this stage?
Conservative
Dan Albas Conservative Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola, BC
Can we not just test the room for unanimous consent?
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Francis Scarpaleggia
Yes.
Is there unanimous consent to have a hearing on the environment commissioner?
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Francis Scarpaleggia
There isn't. Okay.
Then we'll go to a roll call vote, I guess?
Liberal
Peter Schiefke Liberal Vaudreuil—Soulanges, QC
Mr. Chair, thanks for recognizing me.
Unfortunately, I have an interview to get to in exactly eight minutes. At the beginning of the meeting—
Liberal
Peter Schiefke Liberal Vaudreuil—Soulanges, QC
I'm sorry, Mr. Albas, did you want to say something? I have the floor.
