Government Operations Committee on April 4th, 2012

Evidence of meeting #38 for Government Operations and Estimates in the 41st Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was senate.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Review of the Process for Considering the Estimates and Supply
Committee Business

MPs speaking

Pat Martin
Alexandre Boulerice
Jacques Gourde
Ron Cannan
Mathieu Ravignat
John McCallum
Denis Blanchette
Peter Braid
Mike Wallace
Kelly Block

Also speaking

David McGee  New Zealand's Parliamentary Ombudsman, As an Individual
Harry Evans  Former Clerk of the Australian Senate, As an Individual

5:10 p.m.

Former Clerk of the Australian Senate, As an Individual

Harry Evans

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This is worth getting up early in the morning for. Greetings to Bob Marleau.

5:10 p.m.

NDP

The Chair NDP Pat Martin

That is very kind. Thank you, sir.

I'm going to suspend the meeting briefly while we say goodbye to Mr. Evans. We'll reconvene with a bit of private committee business.

5:15 p.m.

NDP

The Chair NDP Pat Martin

We're going to reconvene the meeting to deal with the sixth report of the subcommittee on the agenda.

5:15 p.m.

Conservative

Mike Wallace Conservative Burlington, ON

Are we in public or in camera?

5:15 p.m.

NDP

The Chair NDP Pat Martin

I thought we agreed that we were in public.

5:15 p.m.

Conservative

Mike Wallace Conservative Burlington, ON

No, it says right on the agenda that we're in camera.

5:15 p.m.

NDP

The Chair NDP Pat Martin

All right, then we're in camera.

[Proceedings continue in camera]