Government Operations Committee on April 12th, 2010

Evidence of meeting #8 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 departments.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Freeze on Departmental Budget Envelopes and Government Operations
Committee Business

MPs speaking

Yasmin Ratansi
Gerard Kennedy
Diane Bourgeois
Chris Warkentin
Pat Martin
Anthony Rota
Richard Nadeau
Jacques Gourde

Also speaking

Michelle d'Auray  Secretary of the Treasury Board of Canada, Treasury Board Secretariat
Alister Smith  Assistant Secretary, Expenditure Management Sector, Treasury Board Secretariat
Kevin Page  Parliamentary Budget Officer, Library of Parliament
Sahir Khan  Assistant Parliamentary Budget Officer, Expenditure and Revenue Analysis, Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer, Library of Parliament

5:20 p.m.

NDP

Pat Martin NDP Winnipeg Centre, MB

I see. Maybe the translation is poor, but we can perhaps rework the English version of it.

5:20 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Yasmin Ratansi

I just wanted to bounce off the intent with the Parliamentary Budget Officer, and if the intent is there, we can tighten it and then we can discuss the motion. Fair enough?

Okay. The meeting is suspended, and we'll go in camera.

[Proceedings continue in camera]