Evidence of meeting #4 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 supply.
A recording is available from Parliament.
5:50 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Yasmin Ratansi
Our meeting is televised. Can I just look to the clerk and ask him logistics on how this gets televised?
Because we are on Zoom, what happens, Alexandre?
5:50 p.m.
The Clerk
Meetings can be televised at will. Only two committees can meet at the same time and be televised simultaneously. If there are two other high-profile meetings and we also want to televise ours, we might lose our spot. In that case, Madam Chair, you might want to speak with other chairs—or sometimes the whips will decide. If the committee wishes to have the meeting televised each and every time, we can certainly work that in and try to do it as much as possible.
5:50 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Yasmin Ratansi
Mr. Redekopp, does that sit well with you, that we do it whenever it's available? I don't want our committee to be bumped just because we asked for a televised meeting, and then they say, “Sorry, there's no room here, so go somewhere else”.
5:50 p.m.
Conservative
Brad Redekopp Conservative Saskatoon West, SK
The specific wording in there says that “the Chair in consultation with the Vice-Chairs and Clerk may waive this requirement”. You have control to flip it around and trade with other committees, for sure.
5:50 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Yasmin Ratansi
That's fair enough.
Is everybody agreed on that?
(Motion agreed to [See Minutes of Proceedings])
Thank you.
Is there anything else?
5:50 p.m.
Bloc
Monique Pauzé Bloc Repentigny, QC
You may recall that, last week, I made a comment in connection with the subcommittee's first recommendation. I wanted the witnesses to appear in a different order than what was proposed. It's clear in the first recommendation, but the document we were sent didn't change.
Is the document carved in stone, or will we be getting another one with other suggested groupings?
5:50 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Yasmin Ratansi
Sorry, can you clarify that. What do mean when you made a submission of witnesses? It says clearly in the subcommittee report that it be six witnesses per meeting, because that was what you had suggested. You wanted your grouping.
The analysts will try their best. They cannot force witnesses to come at a time when we want them to come or to group them. They will try their best. Nobody has changed anything on you. The analysts do know what you had proposed.
Alison, would you like to say anything to this?
5:55 p.m.
Alison Clegg Committee Researcher
Yes, we will invite a panel of six for the next meeting.
5:55 p.m.
Committee Researcher
Definitely, and the themes of infrastructure and work will be included in the panel, but it depends on who is able to appear.
5:55 p.m.
Bloc
Monique Pauzé Bloc Repentigny, QC
The document we recently received is the same as the one we got a few weeks ago. That's why I brought it up.
5:55 p.m.
Bloc
Monique Pauzé Bloc Repentigny, QC
No, I'm not talking about the timetable. I'm talking about the table with the panels of witnesses.
5:55 p.m.
Bloc
Monique Pauzé Bloc Repentigny, QC
I didn't propose six witnesses. I suggested three, but it's okay.
My proposal to the subcommittee was that the witnesses be grouped together by theme.
5:55 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Yasmin Ratansi
Yes, we agree, and that's what the analysts will work on. Is there anything else?
Could somebody suggests an adjournment?
Yes, Mr. Schiefke. Do you move to adjourn?
