Subcommittee on Food Safety Committee on June 8th, 2009

Evidence of meeting #12 for Subcommittee on Food Safety in the 40th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was food.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Food Safety

Committee Business

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Albert Chambers Executive Director, Canadian Supply Chain Food Safety Coalition

Brewster Kneen Representative, Canadian Health Coalition

Bette Jean Crews President, Ontario Federation of Agriculture, Canadian Federation of Agriculture

Ron Lennox Vice-President, Trade and Security, Canadian Trucking Alliance

John Gyoroky Corporate Dock Manager and HACCP Coordinator, Erb Transport, Canadian Trucking Alliance

Carole Swan President, Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Brian Evans Executive Vice-President, Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Cameron Prince Vice-President, Operations, Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Paul Mayers Associate Vice-President, Programs, Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Andrew Chaplin Procedural Clerk, House of Commons

8:30 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Larry Miller

I'd like to thank our witnesses for coming.

8:30 p.m.

Liberal

Carolyn Bennett Liberal St. Paul's, ON

Mr. Chair, you can't do that without the will of the committee. The agenda for the meeting is just an outline. If we want to keep the witnesses for another 10 minutes or 20 minutes or half an hour, then we get to do that because we're the committee. This is not—

8:30 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Larry Miller

In the words of some members, including you, as long as we know in advance that the meetings are going to be extended, that is fine.

8:30 p.m.

Liberal

Carolyn Bennett Liberal St. Paul's, ON

Yes.

8:30 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Larry Miller

And that's a comment.

8:30 p.m.

Liberal

Carolyn Bennett Liberal St. Paul's, ON

Well, it's not going to be extended. We're going to replace the in camera work, which we can't do till we've heard all the witnesses. Another hour of being able to—

8:30 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Larry Miller

Ms. Bennett, this portion of the meeting is over.

8:30 p.m.

Liberal

Carolyn Bennett Liberal St. Paul's, ON

No, no, Mr. Chair. You have this side of the House wanting something different, and--guess what--it's just arithmetic.

8:30 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Larry Miller

Is that right?

8:30 p.m.

Liberal

Carolyn Bennett Liberal St. Paul's, ON

We win. You lose.

8:30 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Larry Miller

All right. This part of the meeting has been suspended for five minutes, and we have to go in camera for the next portion of it.

8:30 p.m.

Liberal

Carolyn Bennett Liberal St. Paul's, ON

No, we don't, Mr. Chair.

8:30 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Larry Miller

You don't want to go in camera?

8:30 p.m.

Liberal

Carolyn Bennett Liberal St. Paul's, ON

Mr. Chair, we want to finish with the witnesses.

8:30 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Larry Miller

You have finished with them.

8:30 p.m.

Liberal

Carolyn Bennett Liberal St. Paul's, ON

No, we haven't.

8:30 p.m.

Liberal

Wayne Easter Liberal Malpeque, PE

A point of order.

8:30 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Larry Miller

Anyway, I'd like to thank our witnesses for being here.

8:30 p.m.

Liberal

Carolyn Bennett Liberal St. Paul's, ON

No, wait, Mr. Chair—

8:30 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Larry Miller

Thank you very much.

8:30 p.m.

Liberal

Carolyn Bennett Liberal St. Paul's, ON

Please honour my colleague's point of order.

8:30 p.m.

Liberal

Wayne Easter Liberal Malpeque, PE

A point of order, Mr. Chair.

8:30 p.m.

Liberal

Carolyn Bennett Liberal St. Paul's, ON

You have no right to do this.

8:30 p.m.

An hon. member

We're suspended.

8:30 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Larry Miller

We're suspended.

Do you want to bring up a point of order in the next session?