Evidence of meeting #28 for Finance in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was families.
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NDP
Guy Caron NDP Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques, QC
Well, if we have two in British Columbia—
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Wayne Easter
Even if we had to do each region by video conference at the end of the day, we could still do two.
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NDP
Guy Caron NDP Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques, QC
Yes. I'd submit that two would be warranted for British Columbia, Ontario, and Quebec, for the size and diversity that we find. I think that Vancouver and interior B.C. are two realities. I was thinking of Toronto, but instead of Toronto, maybe we could have southern Ontario and northern Ontario.
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NDP
Guy Caron NDP Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques, QC
Yes. Quebec is naturally Montreal and Quebec City, but I'm open to alternatives to those.
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Liberal
Francesco Sorbara Liberal Vaughan—Woodbridge, ON
I think we do need to be in Toronto for at least one of our sessions.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Wayne Easter
Okay, Toronto.
Ottawa is eastern Ontario. What about the Windsor area, which is the auto industry, etc.?
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Conservative
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Conservative
Lisa Raitt Conservative Milton, ON
Windsor or London. Windsor we all hold. London we all hold. We all have representatives in London. We all have representatives in Windsor. Do we not have Windsor anymore?
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Conservative
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An hon. member
There's Chatham.
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An hon. member
London.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Wayne Easter
Okay. We can do some of these by video conference instead of travelling to them all, or what have you.
Can you give us some suggestions on Quebec, too?
Sorry, Mr. McKinnon, did you want in?
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Liberal
Ron McKinnon Liberal Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam, BC
I'm not sure if you're looking at the north: Iqaluit, Yellowknife, and Whitehorse.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Wayne Easter
It's a problem. It's the cost of travel. There definitely should be something done somehow, by video conference or something, to bring in the north.
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Liberal
Ron McKinnon Liberal Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam, BC
Yellowknife might be a compromise. It's fairly easy to get to.
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NDP
Guy Caron NDP Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques, QC
Initially, for Ontario, we said Toronto and London. Are we thinking of northern Ontario? There was the suggestion of Thunder Bay.
