Evidence of meeting #18 for Foreign Affairs and International Development in the 43rd Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was pandemic.
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February 18th, 2021 / 6:05 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Sven Spengemann
Madam Clerk, does that also mean that the meeting is adjourned or is it simply debate on the motion?
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Sven Spengemann
Colleagues, this is what I would suggest. Clearly, there is more that is required. That seems to be the will of the committee, as expressed tonight, in light of the fact that we have time constraints. If we can work collaboratively to put this on the agenda for Tuesday—to resume the discussion—I think that would probably meet, as best as possible, the collective interests of the members. Is that something members would agree with?
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Sven Spengemann
If so, we would place it into the hands of the clerk to figure out if it's better placed in front of the witness panel that is scheduled for Tuesday or immediately afterwards.
Liberal
Hedy Fry Liberal Vancouver Centre, BC
Chair, perhaps when we are thinking of expanding or lengthening meetings, there could be a straw poll taken of everybody to make sure that we don't put people like Mr. Bergeron in a position in which he has to run. Some of us have other meetings, so if we can get an okay that we can expand, then everyone knows how to set their agenda accordingly.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Sven Spengemann
That's an excellent point, Dr. Fry.
I think tonight the understanding was that we would go until six, and we're slightly past that. I am very mindful of other commitments by colleagues, and we will do our utmost to meet people's schedules as we are able.
Colleagues, thank you.
With that, we are adjourned until Tuesday.