Evidence of meeting #6 for Health in the 44th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was amendment.
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5:40 p.m.
Liberal
5:40 p.m.
Conservative
Luc Berthold Conservative Mégantic—L'Érable, QC
That's what I wanted to say. To abide by the motion, it is absolutely essential to establish a list. We can't just decide to receive representatives from the Canadian Medical Association and the other association you mentioned because there is no consensus yet. The witnesses now need to be divided up by political party, in compliance with the proposal that was accepted.
We need to have the time required to submit a list of witnesses. I think we might have until tomorrow evening to put our list of witnesses forward. We could then look into the matter of next Wednesday's meeting.
Unfortunately, this motion prevents us from proceeding by consensus and mutually agreeing to have briefings from national organizations. This means that the choice of witnesses now needs to be based on political party representation.
5:40 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Sean Casey
We have two more people on the speakers list, but we're now at two hours. Please allow me to summarize what we have agreed upon and maybe get a nod of the head.
We've agreed that we're going to have a briefing from the analyst on COVID on Monday. It appears that there is emerging consensus that the workforce study will commence on Wednesday, that members will get their preliminary priority witness lists in as soon as possible, and that the maximum length of briefs will be 2,000 words.
I think that's where we are, but I'll recognize the last couple of speakers on the list.
Mr. Lake and then Mr. Davies.
5:45 p.m.
NDP
Don Davies NDP Vancouver Kingsway, BC
I'm good with that too, although Monsieur Berthold makes a good point. I would just say that getting some witnesses in so we can have a meeting next Wednesday, to fire in the first four witnesses.... I'm fine with figuring out the math later on, because of course we have a break week after that. We should all put some witnesses in, and then I'll leave it to the clerk and chair, at their discretion, to choose the four witnesses next week. We'll have plenty of time to make it square with the motion passed in terms of the proportion of witnesses.
5:45 p.m.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Sean Casey
I agree, and I appreciate that confidence.
I would now like to entertain a motion to adjourn.
Is it the will of the meeting to adjourn? Is there consensus in the room?
Thanks, everyone. We got some stuff done today. Have a good evening.
We're adjourned.
