Evidence of meeting #50 for Finance in the 43rd Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was cabinet.

A video is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Clerk of the Committee  Mr. David Gagnon
Benoît Robidoux  Associate Deputy Minister, Department of Employment and Social Development
Marc Tassé  Senior Advisor, Canadian Centre of Excellence for Anti-Corruption, University of Ottawa, As an Individual

The Chair Liberal Wayne Easter

Minister, your feed is breaking up.

Mary Ng Liberal Markham—Thornhill, ON

Can you hear me? Is this better?

The Chair Liberal Wayne Easter

No. You started breaking up about 10 seconds ago.

Mary Ng Liberal Markham—Thornhill, ON

Oh. Okay. All right.

The Chair Liberal Wayne Easter

This will be the last question, Mr. Julian.

Peter Julian NDP New Westminster—Burnaby, BC

Yes, I do have a final question.

The Chair Liberal Wayne Easter

Go to your final question. If you need clarification on what you didn't hear in the answer, ask for that as well.

Peter Julian NDP New Westminster—Burnaby, BC

This is the final question. In the solicitation around youth entrepreneurship, what was the amount that was going to go to WE for administering or managing that program?

The Chair Liberal Wayne Easter

Minister Ng?

Minister Ng, I believe you're frozen out.

Mary Ng Liberal Markham—Thornhill, ON

I don't [Technical difficulty—Editor] for the social entrepreneurship proposal. I'm happy to get that information [Technical difficulty—Editor]

The Chair Liberal Wayne Easter

Mr. Clerk, you may have to get the IT people to look into why we can't hear Minister Ng.

Mary Ng Liberal Markham—Thornhill, ON

Can you hear me there?

The Chair Liberal Wayne Easter

No, we can't. Just hold tight. We'll have to see what happens here.

Mary Ng Liberal Markham—Thornhill, ON

It says my Internet [Technical difficulty—Editor]

The Chair Liberal Wayne Easter

I think it's your Internet, Madam Minister, because all of us are not hearing you. Try it again.

Mary Ng Liberal Markham—Thornhill, ON

Can you hear me now?

The Chair Liberal Wayne Easter

I can hear you now.

Mary Ng Liberal Markham—Thornhill, ON

Okay. Can you hear?

The Chair Liberal Wayne Easter

Yes. Try that.

I see you on the screen, Madam Minister, but I don't see any body movement, so there's something going on there.

Peter Julian NDP New Westminster—Burnaby, BC

She's not moving. She's frozen, I think.

The Chair Liberal Wayne Easter

I think so.

Peter Julian NDP New Westminster—Burnaby, BC

It's a metaphor.

Some hon. members

Oh, oh!

The Chair Liberal Wayne Easter

Okay, Mr. Clerk, we'll....

The Clerk

It's probably an Internet connection, Mr. Chair. I just spoke with the technicians in the room.

One option, Madam Minister, if you can hear me, may be to try to turn off your video. Maybe that would put some space on your Internet connection and we'd be able to hear you. Otherwise, we think that this is the problem.