Evidence of meeting #19 for Procedure and House Affairs in the 39th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was date.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Linda Johnson  Deputy Chief Electoral Officer, Elections BC
Clerk of the Committee  Ms. Lucile McGregor
James Robertson  Committee Researcher

12:30 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Gary Goodyear

Mr. Hill, would you like to respond to that?

12:30 p.m.

Conservative

Jay Hill Conservative Prince George—Peace River, BC

I appreciate that you want to know, Michel; that's fair enough. But we're not prepared to state at this point in time whether it will be a very formal presentation in the form of legislation or whether it will just be a reply to the report.

12:35 p.m.

Conservative

Tom Lukiwski Conservative Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre, SK

I can just assure Monsieur Guimond that there will be a response by the deadline, obviously, but I can't comment on the content.

12:35 p.m.

Bloc

Michel Guimond Bloc Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord, QC

Does the government realize, if we want it before the next election.... If we have the election next month, we won't have time, but if we have some time, I think we'll have enough time to make changes.

You realize the dilemma?

12:35 p.m.

Conservative

Tom Lukiwski Conservative Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre, SK

Yes.

12:35 p.m.

Bloc

Michel Guimond Bloc Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord, QC

Okay. Thank you.

12:35 p.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Gary Goodyear

Just to remind the committee, the government has 150 calendar days to respond to that report. I think that October 20, give or take, is the time.

Is there any further business by the committee?

Seeing none, the meeting is adjourned.