Evidence of meeting #39 for Government Operations and Estimates in the 40th Parliament, 3rd session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was million.
A recording is available from Parliament.
Liberal
Conservative
Chris Warkentin Conservative Peace River, AB
Mr. Chair, I think it's just important that committee members do understand that these do have to go back early December, so that will mean we'll have to give up committee time in.... We'll have to move some stuff around to make this happen.
Liberal
Liberal
Siobhan Coady Liberal St. John's South—Mount Pearl, NL
It's already there on our calendars, another date on estimates. I think we could get through that day and then be able to do our votes.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal John McKay
I thank the committee members for not putting the chair in one more awkward situation.
Again, I'd like to thank the members. We have scheduled a subcommittee meeting, and there are now a number of things to talk about at the subcommittee meeting, hopefully including the rescheduling of the supplementary estimates.
We do have Mr. Gourde's motion before the committee. I'll let him speak to it.
Can I dismiss the witnesses, colleagues?
Conservative
Jacques Gourde Conservative Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière, QC
Mr. Chair, we would like to ask the public servants from Public Works and Government Services Canada to appear as witnesses next Tuesday, November 30, if possible. The motion will be delivered in both official languages to those who have not received it.
Given the fact that we heard witnesses this week, we will have further questions to put to the Public Works and Government Services Canada officials. I would like this motion to be adopted by my colleagues, please.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal John McKay
Colleagues, Monsieur Gourde's motion with respect to calling Public Works officials on November 30 is in order. It's on the table. I'll let members speak to it first.
Madame Coady.
November 25th, 2010 / 10:40 a.m.
Liberal
Siobhan Coady Liberal St. John's South—Mount Pearl, NL
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
We're going to go into a subcommittee now where we discuss future business, and one of the dates, of course, will be November 30. I think we are going to talk about who we all want to have at that meeting.
Rather than taking up time today, I'd propose a friendly amendment to take out the specific day, Tuesday, November 30, and leave it open, so that we may call this particular group back. I don't want to put a particular day in there at all, because we'd like to reserve the right to have a discussion at the subcommittee meeting to determine who we would like to have at committee.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal John McKay
Would Mr. Gourde regard that as a friendly amendment--just a removal of the date?
Conservative
Jacques Gourde Conservative Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière, QC
Certainly, I would prefer that it be on November 30. We can vote on the amendment.
Conservative
Jacques Gourde Conservative Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière, QC
As far as I am concerned, I vote no.
Conservative
Chris Warkentin Conservative Peace River, AB
Mr. Chair, let's proceed with this. There's another point I want to bring up before we break, and I know we're constrained for time here.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal John McKay
First of all, we have to deal with Madame Coady's formal amendment--or is it not a formal amendment?
Liberal
Siobhan Coady Liberal St. John's South—Mount Pearl, NL
I'm hearing that it's not a friendly amendment, so we can just dispense with it and we'll vote on this particular one.
Liberal
Siobhan Coady Liberal St. John's South—Mount Pearl, NL
I can make it a formal amendment if that's....
Liberal
The Chair Liberal John McKay
If you make it a formal amendment, we have to vote on the amendment, and then we vote on the main motion.
Mr. Martin.