Evidence of meeting #2 for Health in the 41st Parliament, 1st session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was witnesses.

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Clerk of the Committee  Mrs. Mariane Beaudin

Libby Davies NDP Vancouver East, BC

This would be just a slight modification.

The recommendation means that there would be two Conservative questions back to back. Usually it flips back and forth. So we could, on the second round, just flip it around again. Otherwise, we go from four, which is Conservative, and then to five, which is Conservative.

I'm not suggesting that we change the overall balance. We still have the Liberal as the last one.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Joy Smith

You're saying that in the second round it's NDP, then Conservative.

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Libby Davies NDP Vancouver East, BC

Yes. Otherwise you have two Conservative questions back to back, and we don't usually have that.

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Hedy Fry Liberal Vancouver Centre, BC

So it would be NDP, Conservative, NDP, Conservative, Liberal on that subsequent round.

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Conservative

Colin Carrie Conservative Oshawa, ON

Either way, if we're looking at...we're going to have a back-to-back question for the NDP.

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Libby Davies NDP Vancouver East, BC

Oh, okay.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Joy Smith

So are you saying leave it the way it is because we're going to have a back-to-back question, or...?

Mr. Strahl.

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Conservative

Mark Strahl Conservative Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon, BC

I was trying to get clarification from Ms. Davies on what her proposed second round looked like.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Joy Smith

Ms. Davies, what were you saying?

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Libby Davies NDP Vancouver East, BC

We'd rather have it as it was before, so that you still get two back-to-back questions, as opposed to where you have it now, four and five.

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Conservative

Colin Carrie Conservative Oshawa, ON

So you want us to have the back-to-back at the end, before the Liberal?

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Libby Davies NDP Vancouver East, BC

Yes. I think it's consistent with previous practice.

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The Chair Conservative Joy Smith

Just to clarify, then, could you read it out?

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Libby Davies NDP Vancouver East, BC

Yes.

I would propose, or amend, if we're doing it that way--

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Joy Smith

The first round; do it first.

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Libby Davies NDP Vancouver East, BC

It would be NDP, Conservative, Liberal, Conservative, and then NDP, Conservative, NDP, Conservative, NDP, and then Conservative, and then Liberal...or two Conservatives there.

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Conservative

Colin Carrie Conservative Oshawa, ON

So it would be Conservative, Conservative, Liberal.

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Libby Davies NDP Vancouver East, BC

Conservative, Conservative, Liberal.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Joy Smith

So that's where you want the back-to-back?

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Libby Davies NDP Vancouver East, BC

Yes.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Joy Smith

Okay.

To go over it again, to clarify, the last suggestion is NDP, Conservative, Liberal, Conservative, first round; NDP, Conservative, NDP, Conservative, NDP, Conservative, Conservative, Liberal.

Is that correct, Ms. Davies?

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Libby Davies NDP Vancouver East, BC

Bravo.

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Joy Smith

Is there discussion?

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Conservative

Colin Carrie Conservative Oshawa, ON

We just want to make sure that all our members get the opportunity to speak, right? Can you just give us a moment?

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Conservative

The Chair Conservative Joy Smith

Yes.

Can you give your suggestion, Dr. Carrie?

It all works?

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