Government Operations Committee on June 1st, 2017

[Kelly McCauley, Conservative, Edmonton West, AB]

Considering the importance of studying this ongoing billion-dollar boondoggle with the shipbuilding, but also potentially on the procurement side, I would like to propose that we add another meeting sometime during either the next week or the week after, before we rise for the summer, so that we can at least get a framework for this study for the fall.

[The Chair, Conservative, Tom Lukiwski]

Again, the committee is the master of its own agenda.

[Kelly McCauley, Conservative, Edmonton West, AB]

Well, apparently not.

[The Chair, Conservative, Tom Lukiwski]

Procedurally, Kelly, we can certainly schedule as many meetings as we wish at any time we wish.

Mr. Clerk, I would ask you, again from a procedural standpoint, if there is a request for additional meetings, how would a member access that? Would it be by direct communication with you?

[The Clerk]

It's at the discretion of the chair. The chair can call as many meetings as he wants, or by instruction from the committee by way of a motion.

[The Chair, Conservative, Tom Lukiwski]

My preference, obviously, would be by way of a motion.

[Kelly McCauley, Conservative, Edmonton West, AB]

I'd like to put the motion that we add at least one two-hour meeting, preferably two two-hour meetings, to set the framework for the procurement in the naval shipbuilding program and the Super Hornet study that we have planned for fall.

[The Clerk]

To consider the work plan.

[Kelly McCauley, Conservative, Edmonton West, AB]

Yes.

[The Chair, Conservative, Tom Lukiwski]

Mr. Whalen.

[Nick Whalen, Liberal, St. John's East, NL]

The motion is on the table, so I'd like to adjourn debate. I move to adjourn debate. We'll deal with it next week.

[The Chair, Conservative, Tom Lukiwski]

All in favour?

[Some hon. members]

Agreed.

[The Chair, Conservative, Tom Lukiwski]

We are adjourned.