Evidence of meeting #1 for Fisheries and Oceans in the 39th Parliament, 2nd session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was chair.
A recording is available from Parliament.
NDP
Peter Stoffer NDP Sackville—Eastern Shore, NS
I would just move that Mondays and Wednesdays are fine.
Conservative
Randy Kamp Conservative Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission, BC
Could we start with that and try that at least?
NDP
Peter Stoffer NDP Sackville—Eastern Shore, NS
Yes, we could try it, and if Blaine finds that he can't make it, then maybe we'll change it for his schedule again.
Liberal
Yvon Lévesque Bloc Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou, QC
As regards the schedule that has been presented, the parties must delegate people who are available on those days. Changing the schedule today could delay committee schedules, since the two might not necessarily match up.
It was the members of the procedure committee who agreed to the proposed schedule, and the people representing the parties on those committees.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Fabian Manning
We have a time slot. We have a motion by Mr. Stoffer. We have a time slot anyway, so I guess we don't need a motion. Thank you all the same.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Fabian Manning
We're going to start with our slots as they are now, and if it causes a problem for the committee, we'll reassess that after a week or two and see how things are going. Would that be okay with everybody?
Mr. Matthews.
Liberal
Conservative
Liberal
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Fabian Manning
Yes, that's exactly where we're going now.
So we're settled on the slot that we have—3:30 to 5:30 on Mondays and Wednesdays—until we determine that we can't do that for some reason or other.
Everybody's okay? All right.
Now, today is Wednesday, and our next meeting is Monday. What's on the agenda there?
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Fabian Manning
Okay, do you want to leave Monday for the steering committee to meet? Can we do that? I don't even know if we're allowed to do that. We're allowed to do it here, but where's the meeting? I'm the chair.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Fabian Manning
The subcommittee will be meeting on Monday, and we'll be reconvening here on Wednesday at 3:30 for a full committee meeting, and we'll bring back a report of the subcommittee to discuss.
In the meantime, we know pretty well there's a consensus, I think, around the table from our discussions, that we will conclude our small craft harbour report. So after our Monday subcommittee meeting, we'll discuss the subcommittee report on Wednesday, and we'll try to gear something for the following Monday to start the process of clearing up our...because we only have two weeks left, four days to put.... And that's just if we need to hear anybody, and then we have to try to determine if we want to do any travelling.
I should address the situation with the travel. Should we resubmit a plan for travel?
I'm just trying to get some direction on where we go on the small craft harbour file because I sense the desire to clear that up, if possible, before Christmas. The clerk informs me that this would maybe be very tough because—correct me if I'm wrong—the subcommittee will report back to the main committee with a plan for travel. The main committee then would pass that plan to whom?
The Clerk
It would go to the liaison committee. That is the committee of chairs of committees, Mr. Chair.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Fabian Manning
Okay, it would go back to the liaison committee, who will basically have to make a presentation to—Holy God—now we know what the problem is.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Fabian Manning
Then that would have to come back, so our time slot here is very limited, and I don't think we can arrange it, really. Can we? No.
Mr. Matthews.
Liberal
Bill Matthews Liberal Random—Burin—St. George's, NL
Looking at the time crunch we're in--and it's really that--we want to get something tabled in the House before Christmas. Otherwise the budget will be prepared and finalized before we table our report in the House, so we won't get the impact that we hoped for with the minister and his officials and so on.
I'm wondering if we can't consider a subcommittee meeting tomorrow, and then report to the full committee on Monday. Next week is going to go without any work--
