Evidence of meeting #60 for Environment and Sustainable Development in the 44th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was travel.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Francis Scarpaleggia
Okay.
Before I go to Madame Pauzé, Mr. Deltell and Mr. Duguid—
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Conservative
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Francis Scarpaleggia
You're in line. I'm sorry, Mr. McLean.
Here's an idea. You say you've already submitted something, and we have called for submissions. We didn't put a date. Why don't we ask everybody to submit their ideas for travel for the freshwater study by Wednesday of next week? I can sit down with the analysts and we can work up a proposal and come back to you whenever the next meeting is. It's May 11, I think, or even before. We'll work on that. We'll see what we can put together.
In the meantime, we could still adopt a motion saying that at a minimum we'll go to Fort McMurray. We'll have everyone submit their travel proposals by next Wednesday. I'll work with the analysts and the clerk. We'll try to drum up some kind of plan and we'll discuss it with the steering committee and then come back to the committee with a final proposal.
Does that work? We've adopted unanimously the idea that we're going to go to Fort McMurray and visit the Kearl site, at a minimum.
4:35 p.m.
Conservative
Mike Lake Conservative Edmonton—Wetaskiwin, AB
At this point I don't want to just adopt this motion. This is the first time we've seen it, and there might be a few changes I want to make to the motion.
On the spirit of going to Fort McMurray, absolutely, but on the motion as written, I have some thoughts.
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Liberal
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Conservative
Mike Lake Conservative Edmonton—Wetaskiwin, AB
Can we take another couple of minutes, because we just saw it?
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Francis Scarpaleggia
In between, I just want to propose to everyone to send in their travel proposals by Wednesday, and we'll start working on something.
We'll go back to the motion. You need a minute.
Okay, we'll suspend for a few minutes.
4:40 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Francis Scarpaleggia
We'll reconvene.
It looks like there have been discussions among the parties.
Go ahead, Mr. Longfield.
4:45 p.m.
Liberal
Lloyd Longfield Liberal Guelph, ON
Thank you.
I'd first like to say that it sounds like everybody wants to go to Fort McMurray, but it's also part of submissions that we're going through governance on to see where we want to go as a committee, so I'll withdraw my motion so that we could have some committee business to discuss the three locations Madam Pauzé has and the ones that the rest of us have. I think the intention is to get to Fort McMurray. Let's just find out how we can do that with the—
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Francis Scarpaleggia
Finally the Conservatives have sent a travel proposal in. Madam Pauzé has sent in travel proposals. Monsieur Boulerice, you can send in travel proposals, and the Liberals too. We're going to crunch those and see what comes out of it.
Does somebody have their hand up?
Go ahead, Ms. Pauzé.
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Bloc
Monique Pauzé Bloc Repentigny, QC
A few weeks ago, Mr. Longpré asked us to send him suggestions as to where the committee should go. We sent in our suggestion, Fort McMurray.
The only thing we don't know, though, is how many days the committee can travel for. What do the rules say about that?
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Francis Scarpaleggia
There aren't really any rules. It depends on what the Liaison Committee agrees to.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Francis Scarpaleggia
Mr. Longfield wants to withdraw his motion, so we need unanimous consent.
Do I have unanimous consent?
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Some hon. members
Agreed.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Francis Scarpaleggia
We'll come back to that later.
Does anyone have anything else to discuss?
We have 40 minutes left. We can go in camera to continue looking at the fossil fuel subsidies report.
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Bloc
Monique Pauzé Bloc Repentigny, QC
I have a question, Mr. Chair. We voted on Mr. Lake's amendment, but did we vote on the motion as amended?
4:45 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Francis Scarpaleggia
I believe so. Actually, there wasn't a vote. The amended motion was adopted unanimously.
We'll suspend briefly to go in camera.
[Proceedings continue in camera]
