Information & Ethics Committee on May 4th, 2015

[The Chair, NDP, Pierre-Luc Dusseault]

We will contact the commissioners and give them the times available, so May 6, May 13, May 25 and possibly May 27. It might be feasible. May 6, May 13, May 25 and May 27 are dates that are available for receiving the commissioners, so that includes this Wednesday if one of them is available. We will contact the commissioners immediately after the meeting.

Would you like to discuss this proposal, Mr. Sims?

[Scott Simms, Liberal, Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor, NL]

You said just for one meeting for these commissioners. Is that correct? Did I get that right? On Wednesday, we'll have just the one meeting for this motion that was just passed.

[Paul Calandra, Conservative, Oak Ridges—Markham, ON]

I was contemplating one meeting for all of them.

It's your time on the floor so I won't...but I was contemplating one meeting for all of them.

[Scott Simms, Liberal, Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor, NL]

I don't mind.

Given the time constraints you're probably only going to get one meeting out of this and then you have to get into the report. So the report would then follow and be the next Monday?

[Paul Calandra, Conservative, Oak Ridges—Markham, ON]

I guess I was assuming.... I was hoping they would all be available for Wednesday. We could spend two hours with them. Then we would take whatever time we need to finish off the report. If they have to come in separately, I don't know that I want to entertain two hours with each of them separately because then we would never get through the report. For me, right now, the priority is listening to all of them, but also getting this report done because we've spent a lot of time on it. I don't want to run out of time on that.

[Scott Simms, Liberal, Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor, NL]

I'm fine with that.

[The Chair, NDP, Pierre-Luc Dusseault]

I will allow the discussion to continue.

Mr. Angus, you have the floor.

[Charlie Angus, NDP, Timmins—James Bay, ON]

Thank you.

I think we're close. I'm certainly willing to hear people on Wednesday. If it's not possible then you've suggested other dates and we'll see what.... Your staff will be doing the work of trying to locate and find. If we're ready to go Wednesday, that's great. If not, there will be another day because we've identified a few. We need to have it done by May 29 so that we can report it back to the House. I put it in your hands to come back with a recommendation for time.

[The Chair, NDP, Pierre-Luc Dusseault]

Fine.

Given the discussion we just had, we will do everything we can to contact the commissioners and make sure that it respects what we just discussed and that it respects the committee's wishes.

I understand that there is also agreement to postpone the study of the draft report to May 11. That's what I understood. I'm at your disposal. It is up to the committee.

Is there anything else you would like to discuss regarding future business? Are there any other comments?

Mr. Calandra.

[Paul Calandra, Conservative, Oak Ridges—Markham, ON]

I move that we adjourn.

[The Chair, NDP, Pierre-Luc Dusseault]

He is proposing a motion to adjourn, which is not debatable.

(Motion agreed to)

The committee adjourned.