Evidence of meeting #3 for Fisheries and Oceans in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was subcommittee.
A recording is available from Parliament.
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NDP
Fin Donnelly NDP Port Moody—Coquitlam, BC
And they won't have access to that information. So in terms of transparency, that's the only issue I'm bringing up. If there is a better way to do that, if there is a motion about how we can provide transparency to Canadians, I'm all for that and I'll support that.
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Conservative
Mel Arnold Conservative North Okanagan—Shuswap, BC
Mr. Chair, if we form the subcommittee, does the subcommittee receive the witnesses and ask the questions, or do they come to the whole committee?
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Conservative
Mel Arnold Conservative North Okanagan—Shuswap, BC
So the subcommittee would look at preliminary questions to provide to the—
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Scott Simms
The subcommittee decides on the agenda, what we do. It recommends the agenda to be brought back to the committee for consideration. The subcommittee, normally in camera, has a discussion about the future agenda, studies, and so forth, and they bring that back to the committee to vote on, and they make recommendations.
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Conservative
Mel Arnold Conservative North Okanagan—Shuswap, BC
Is that the agenda for this topic or for our calendar?
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Scott Simms
It's for the studies that take place. For whatever studies we wish to do, the initial discussion takes place at the subcommittee to make recommendations to all of us.
Mr. Sopuck.
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Conservative
Robert Sopuck Conservative Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa, MB
I want to apologize to the committee if I was confusing. The previous fisheries committee, in the last term, had a subcommittee that met on a regular basis to recommend agenda items. So we did have a subcommittee, and I'm very sorry if I confused the issue.
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Liberal
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Liberal
Bobby Morrissey Liberal Egmont, PE
Mr. Chair, I would move that we adjourn the debate. I request that we adjourn the debate.
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Liberal
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Scott Simms
It is a dilatory motion. As it is so deemed, we have to vote on it right away.
All those in favour of adjournment?
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NDP
Fin Donnelly NDP Port Moody—Coquitlam, BC
On a point of order, Mr. Chair, I'll ask for a recorded vote.
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Liberal