Health Committee on Sept. 21st, 2017

[The Chair, Liberal, Bill Casey]

We could have an antimicrobial meeting on Tuesday, or are you proposing no meeting on Tuesday so we can do our homework for Thursday?

[Don Davies, NDP, Vancouver Kingsway, BC]

I just think that this is the flagship study by this committee.

[The Chair, Liberal, Bill Casey]

It is. There is no question.

[Don Davies, NDP, Vancouver Kingsway, BC]

We can either be together for two hours or we can take that time—time is precious on the Hill here—to actually get ready for the drafting instructions. That's what I would suggest.

[The Chair, Liberal, Bill Casey]

Is that a motion?

[Don Davies, NDP, Vancouver Kingsway, BC]

Yes.

[The Chair, Liberal, Bill Casey]

The motion is October 17th for the PBO study, the 19th for the round table, and the drafting instructions on the 26th.

Is there any more debate?

Mr. Oliver.

[John Oliver, Liberal, Oakville, ON]

Because we are now meeting on Thursday afternoons, the other option would be that we do the drafting instructions on Tuesday the 31st.

[Don Davies, NDP, Vancouver Kingsway, BC]

Take the whole next week off...?

[John Oliver, Liberal, Oakville, ON]

It's a lot of thinking.

[The Chair, Liberal, Bill Casey]

Are you proposing to do the drafting on the 7th of November?

[John Oliver, Liberal, Oakville, ON]

No, the 31st of October.

[The Chair, Liberal, Bill Casey]

Sorry, yes.

[Don Davies, NDP, Vancouver Kingsway, BC]

I think that's wise.

[The Chair, Liberal, Bill Casey]

All right.

[John Oliver, Liberal, Oakville, ON]

We can all wear costumes.

[Some hon. members]

Oh, oh!

[The Chair, Liberal, Bill Casey]

Would you like to make that amendment with that inclusion, to make it nice and simple?

[Don Davies, NDP, Vancouver Kingsway, BC]

Yes, I will move that we meet 17th, 19th, and 31st.

[The Chair, Liberal, Bill Casey]

And that the 24th and the 26th we will not meet.

[Don Davies, NDP, Vancouver Kingsway, BC]

Yes.

[The Chair, Liberal, Bill Casey]

All right, all in favour of that agenda?

(Motion agreed to)

That's good. I don't think we have to go any further than that right now.

We'll see what happens with everything, and then we have to bring back our antimicrobial resistance study. Is everybody happy if we just leave it the way it is now? Maybe in two weeks we'll have another look at it and things may change.

Mr. Clerk, is there anything else we have to do today?

[The Clerk]

I don't think so.

[The Chair, Liberal, Bill Casey]

Is there any other business?

Mr. Davies.

[Don Davies, NDP, Vancouver Kingsway, BC]

I just want to take the opportunity on behalf of the New Democrats to thank the clerk, the analysts, and all of the staff who staffed us through that very gruelling week of hearings. I know I found it tiring, so I can only imagine that the staff found it equally tiring. I just want to express my thanks to everybody who supported us in that work.