Health Committee on Nov. 30th, 2011

Evidence of meeting #18 for Health in the 41st Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was evidence.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Chronic Diseases Related to Aging

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Sylvie Belleville Director of Research, Research Centre, Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal, As an Individual

Margaret McGregor Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia; Research Associate, UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research and Vancouver Coastal Health Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, As an Individual

Michel Bédard Canada Research Chair in Aging and Health, Department of Health Sciences and Centre for Research on Safe Driving, Lakehead University

4:10 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Joy Smith

Excuse me, Dr. Belleville, the bells have started to ring, so I have to end the dialogue. But I want to thank you all very much for coming. I appreciate it.

I think we have half-hour bells, do we not? Yes. By the time we get to the House of Commons, it will be quarter to five, and then the votes. We'll be pushing five o'clock or a little later. Oh, the vote is at 4:40.

What is the will of the committee right now? Should we resume, coming back for the business portion?

Mr. Brown.

4:10 p.m.

Conservative

Patrick Brown Conservative Barrie, ON

The reason they have half-hour bells is for the distance, so you're not supposed to start until half an hour after the vote. If the vote is completed at five o'clock or 4:50, you're back here at 5:20. There's no point for 5 or 10 minutes at best.

4:10 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Joy Smith

Yes, that's my feeling as well, because we are a considerable distance away from Parliament Hill.

Does anybody else have something to say?

Dr. Morin.

4:10 p.m.

NDP

Dany Morin NDP Chicoutimi—Le Fjord, QC

If we do not discuss committee business later, when we come back, will we receive confirmation regarding the time? Would it be next Monday, at the end of the meeting?

4:10 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Joy Smith

It will be at the next committee. I'll put it at the next committee, so we can have it, because we have a smaller number of witnesses next time.

I will dismiss the committee now. We have to dismiss now; the rules say that.

4:10 p.m.

Liberal