Government Operations Committee on Nov. 18th, 2020

Evidence of meeting #7 for Government Operations and Estimates in the 43rd Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was equipment.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Nuctech Security Equipment Contract

MPs speaking

Robert Gordon Kitchen
Pierre Paul-Hus
Patrick Weiler
Matthew Green
Julie Vignola
Kelly McCauley
Francis Drouin
Majid Jowhari
Irek Kusmierczyk
Maxime Blanchette-Joncas
Steven MacKinnon

Also speaking

Lorenzo Ieraci  Acting Assistant Deputy Minister, Procurement Branch, Department of Public Works and Government Services
Dan Danagher  Assistant Deputy Minister, International Platform, Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development
Michele Mullen  Director General, Partnerships and Risk Mitigation, Communications Security Establishment
Clerk of the Committee  Mr. Paul Cardegna
Catherine Poulin  Director General, Integrity and Forensic Accounting Services, Department of Public Works and Government Services
Claude Kateb  Acting Director General, Industrial Security Sector, Department of Public Works and Government Services
Scott Harris  Vice-President, Intelligence and Enforcement Branch, Canada Border Services Agency

6:10 p.m.

NDP

Matthew Green NDP Hamilton Centre, ON

Mr. Chair, can I make a request that for future meetings witnesses are required to log in early and do the sound check early? I feel that six months in, we should have a better system in place, whereby we make sure that this isn't a problem moving forward.

November 18th, 2020 / 6:10 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Robert Gordon Kitchen

Mr. Green, in this case we actually did. Mr. Danagher actually did log in earlier. They tried to do a lot of checking with that to make certain it was working. Because of the situation, we wanted to make certain we got through.

The other option would have been for Mr. Danagher to come back at a later time to committee on that issue, but we found that the interpreters were able to accommodate us in this situation, and we appreciate that from them, as well as the members bearing with it. We will make certain that everyone comes in earlier. Thank you.

With that, I call the meeting adjourned.