Evidence of meeting #45 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 budget.
A recording is available from Parliament.
5:10 p.m.
NDP
Denis Blanchette NDP Louis-Hébert, QC
Thank you.
Mr. Chair. That takes care of my questions.
Now I would like to talk about the motion I want to introduce. I would like to read it to you.
5:10 p.m.
Conservative
The Vice-Chair Conservative Mike Wallace
If there are no further questions of these witnesses—it costs us money to sit here—we'll suspend for a few minutes, let them go, and resume with future business starting now.
Mr. McCallum.
5:10 p.m.
Liberal
John McCallum Liberal Markham—Unionville, ON
I have one short question.
Depending on what our recommendations are, would it make sense to do a pilot project or a test with one or two departments in the area, like accrual versus cash, or programs?
5:10 p.m.
Assistant Secretary, Expenditure Management Sector, Treasury Board Secretariat
It would depend on the nature of the recommendation. On accrual versus cash, you're actually voting money to dollars, so I wouldn't recommend a pilot on that one. If you wanted to change the way you studied something, a pilot is absolutely a possibility.
5:10 p.m.
Conservative
The Vice-Chair Conservative Mike Wallace
Thank you very much for coming, starting our study, and finishing our study. We'll be working on giving directions to the analysts for a report, and hopefully we'll have some sort of information to you by the end of June.
Thank you very much.
We will suspend for a few minutes.
5:15 p.m.
Conservative
The Vice-Chair Conservative Mike Wallace
The next item on our agenda for today is future committee business. We normally do this in camera. I'd like to move in camera for future committee business.
Mr. Blanchette, you are number two under committee business. We have information on the planning of future business, then we have your motion to deal with after that.
We have a motion to go in camera. It's non-debatable.
5:15 p.m.
Conservative
The Vice-Chair Conservative Mike Wallace
Sure.
(Motion agreed to: yeas 6; nays 4)
[Proceedings continue in camera]