Health Committee on Feb. 29th, 2024

Evidence of meeting #105 for Health in the 44th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was drugs.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Opioid Epidemic and Toxic Drug Crisis in Canada

Committee Business

MPs speaking

Luc Thériault

Majid Jowhari

Laila Goodridge

Robert Gordon Kitchen

Gord Johns

Stephen Ellis

Élisabeth Brière

Also speaking

Elaine Hyshka Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Health Systems Innovation, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, As an Individual

Meldon Kahan Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Toronto, As an Individual

Bohdan Nosyk Professor and St. Paul's Hospital CANFAR Chair in HIV/AIDS Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, As an Individual

Marie-Ève Goyer Physician, Clinical and organizational support team in addiction and homelessness, CIUSSS Centre-Sud-de-l'Île-de-Montréal

12:40 p.m.

Conservative

The Vice-Chair Conservative Stephen Ellis

I do not, actually, so—

12:40 p.m.

NDP

Gord Johns NDP Courtenay—Alberni, BC

I'll help you. I would hope that we could vote from here and keep going. This is an important study. We could run right until 1:30, and we could try to get in a lot of questions to these very important witnesses.

12:45 p.m.

Conservative

The Vice-Chair Conservative Stephen Ellis

In order to do that, we would need unanimous consent, and I do not believe we have unanimous consent.

12:45 p.m.

NDP

Gord Johns NDP Courtenay—Alberni, BC

Have you asked for that?

12:45 p.m.

Conservative

The Vice-Chair Conservative Stephen Ellis

I've heard noes already.

12:45 p.m.

NDP

Gord Johns NDP Courtenay—Alberni, BC

From whom?

12:45 p.m.

Conservative

The Vice-Chair Conservative Stephen Ellis

I don't think I need to tell you, but I've heard them.

12:45 p.m.

Conservative

Robert Gordon Kitchen Conservative Souris—Moose Mountain, SK

I vote no.

12:45 p.m.

Conservative

The Vice-Chair Conservative Stephen Ellis

Mr. Kitchen is going to exercise his vote, which is that his will is to vote in person.

Colleagues, as I've said, with some going to vote in person, I would suggest to you that we will not have time to come back after that and have more testimony from the witnesses.

Do we have a motion to adjourn?

12:45 p.m.

Conservative

Robert Gordon Kitchen Conservative Souris—Moose Mountain, SK

I move that we adjourn.

12:45 p.m.

Conservative

The Vice-Chair Conservative Stephen Ellis

We have a motion to adjourn from Mr. Kitchen. Is there consent around the room to adjourn the meeting?

12:45 p.m.

Some hon. members

No.